Extraordinary. New photos Detailed planet Pluto were released Friday by NASA, revealing the high resolution dwarf planet and providing researchers unpublished observation results.
“Images breathtaking”
“These new images breathtaking offer us a very high resolution on the geological composition of Pluto, “said Alan Stern, principal investigator of the New Horizon probe in a statement. The images released Friday have a resolution of 77 to 85 meters per pixel and form a sequence of more than 80 km, according to the NASA .
On July 14, the New Horizons probe NASA was the first spacecraft to pass through Pluto. Pluto High resolution images had already been published, revealing geographic diversity with high mountains, sand dunes and ice floes.
A picture quality useful to science
“This level quality was only possible after decades of overflights for Venus or Mars. To Pluto we are already exploring the craters, mountains and ice fields, less than five months after the flyover “, welcomed Mr. Stern. “What we can do from a scientific point of view with these images is just incredible.”
The New Horizons probe – the size of a grand piano – continues its transmission of images and, given the mass of information collected, the transfer should last until the end of the year. In October, the data collected by the probe had revealed the blue sky of Pluto, and a rich variety of colors, dark and red zones from the equator to bright and blue regions at high latitudes.
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