On the subject of small robots in space...
The 'New Horizons' probe is about to arrive (and shoot by) the Pluto system in about 23 days from now.
Official countdown and news page.
Cool video showing past planetary exploration probes and an impression of what may Pluto may look like.
[video=youtube;aky9FFj4ybE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aky9FFj4ybE[/video]
Also, many people imagine that the distances between the planets of our system are large, but relatively evenly spaced as that as how they are often pictured. The reality is that the outer planets are very very spread out, this image indicates by how much.
Pluto is 5 890 000 000 kilometers from the sun.
The 'New Horizons' probe is about to arrive (and shoot by) the Pluto system in about 23 days from now.
Official countdown and news page.
Cool video showing past planetary exploration probes and an impression of what may Pluto may look like.
[video=youtube;aky9FFj4ybE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aky9FFj4ybE[/video]
Also, many people imagine that the distances between the planets of our system are large, but relatively evenly spaced as that as how they are often pictured. The reality is that the outer planets are very very spread out, this image indicates by how much.
Pluto is 5 890 000 000 kilometers from the sun.
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