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New Horizons has sent high-quality photos of small satellites of Pluto: Nobody Hydra
So Nix and Hydra look at the Hubble image. In the continuation of - frame with New Horizons i>
Space Station New Horizons, which is now moved away from a fair distance to Pluto, the Kuiper Belt in seeking photographed малые Pluto : Nobody Hydra. Photographs were obtained Station July 14, 2015, they got to Earth on 18 July. The pictures were taken from a distance of 165 thousand. Km of anybody and 231 thousand. Km of Hydra.
As for nobody, the size of this cosmic body is 42 * 36 km. Length Hydra is 55 * 40 km. At NASA said that these two entities roughly equal in size, but that's where the similarity ends.
Despite the fact that the surface of Nyx mostly gray, the researchers found that the region is caught in the lens tool Ralph, covered with pink substance. Scientists suggest that this region - a crater, with the release of the substance from the surface layers of the satellite.
Photo: NASA i>
With regard to the Hydra, the shot hit the relatively small area of the satellite, which can distinguish at least two of the crater. Scientists believe that Hydra has a different surface structure in various fields. "So far we have seen only the Hydra as a bright point, and see it as a real entity with its own characteristics, for the first time - a surreal experience," - said Ted Strick, a representative of the team of scientists from the project New Horizons.
It is interesting that no one and Hydra were discovered only in 2005, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Kerber and Styx, most likely, also hit the frame, but these materials are received on Earth not earlier than mid-October.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/259182/
