New Horizons Update: Methane Detected; New Images of Pluto and Charon(nasa.gov)
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New Horizons Update: Methane Detected; New Images of Pluto and Charon
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-update-methane-detected-new-images-of-pluto-and-charon-sunrisesunset
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Just to be clear: this is not a new discovery. The mutual tidal locking has been known experimentally for quite a while, and can be predicted with high confidence based on their sizes and distance.
A couple of other updates from yesterday:
"NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Stays the Course to Pluto"
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20...
"New Horizons Color Images Reveal Two Distinct Faces of Pluto, Series of Spots that Fascinate"
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20...
"NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Stays the Course to Pluto"
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20...
"New Horizons Color Images Reveal Two Distinct Faces of Pluto, Series of Spots that Fascinate"
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20...
Wow! The imagery is very quickly getting better now.
http://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/8427/are-there-...