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New video of Pluto and Charon from NASA
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NASA has laid out a new video of Pluto and Charon on YouTube. The video was made up of individual photos, which are made instrument Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) station New Horizons. The station itself is gradually approaching to Pluto, and soon will approach the minimum distance. Now the station is from Pluto at a distance of about 25 million kilometers.
Sami pictures show more details as the surface of Pluto and its moon, Charon. Now you can see that Charon has a dark area, the origin and nature of which is not yet very clear to scientists. Experts hope to clarify the situation in July, because July 14 is suitable probe to Pluto at a distance of only 12, 5 thousand kilometers.
By the way, a little earlier, and lays out the agency NASA animation sequence rotation Charon and Pluto color . These pictures are understandable only to specialists - to consider here anything meaningful to the layman it is not possible.
Experts argue that the animation sequence is very important for science as well see the difference in color of Pluto and its moon. For example, Charon color closer to gray, while as Pluto appears light brown.
Since April, the method of deconvolution (image processing method in an image editor) allowed scientists to identify a wide range of objects on Pluto's surface, including a bright area on one of the poles, which has already christened "polar cap". According to experts studying Pluto, the planet's surface is very different in structure, with many differing areas (at least, the brightness of a picture). Previously, some scientists thought Pluto - a relatively homogeneous body, but it is now clear that this is not so.
If anyone is interested in other images of Pluto, the raw photo gallery Pluto is here .
Source: geektimes.ru/post/252398/
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