Pluto - the largest Kuiper belt object and the largest dwarf planet in the Solar System

Space Station July 13 New Horizons made measurements on which the diameter of Pluto's 2370 kilometers, Tass reported . It is about 40 kilometers more than the diameter of dwarf planet Eris, Pluto, which competed for the title of the largest Kuiper belt objects.





Space Station New Horizons launched January 19, 2006 in order to study Pluto and its moon Charon. July 15 at 3:52:37 Moscow time network Deep Space Network, continuously receive signals from spacecraft, received telemetry signal «Phone Home» with New Horizons , confirming that the probe survived after passing through Pluto, all its systems are operating normally and all stages of the planned observations were successful. The unit flew a distance of 12,500 kilometers from the surface of the dwarf planet.



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July 15 NASA laid out colored pictures of Pluto and Charon . Colours effort to show the difference in the structure of the surface of the dwarf planet and its satellites. Photos were taken on 13 July, using color filters tool «Ralph» on New Horizons.



Last at the moment the picture of Pluto made from a distance of 766,000 kilometers July 14th. New Horizons made July 13 measurements show that Pluto's diameter is 2,370 kilometers, while Eris - 2326 kilometers. Pluto is recognized as the largest dwarf planet of the Solar System.





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