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Astronomy Video of the Day

Approaching Pluto

27 May 2015

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NASA Astronomy Video of the Day for 27 May 2015

Here comes Pluto. NASA's robotic New Horizons spacecraft is now beyond the orbit of Neptune and closing fast on the Solar System's most famous unexplored world. The featured time lapse video shows Pluto and Pluto's largest moon, Charon, orbiting their common center of mass in 13 frames taken from April 12 to April 18. Although blurry, images in the video now rival even the best images of Pluto yet taken from Earth. New Horizons remains on schedule to zoom past the distant dwarf planet on July 14.

Video and explanation courtesy of NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day