NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute
This image is ofPluto and its lunation Charon in false color , taken July 13 .
If you ’ve read the posts10 Fast Facts AboutNew HorizonsandWaiting for Pluto Pics fromNew Horizons ? spotter This!then you know that theNew Horizonsprobe fly by the planetoid yesterday . That does n’t mean it ’s finished taking pictures , but it is now moving away from Pluto . It will be a day or so before all the exposure of the near plan of attack reach the public , but while we wait , countenance ’s share some authoritative Pluto image people have been partake around the net .
That ’s not really fair , since we diss Pluto by demoting it from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 .
In this Tweet from Disney , you may see understandably how Pluto got its name .
goober pea has a different take on which dog the planet is see .
Randall Munroe of xkcdhas already identified some of the details in the latest image .
Sarcastic Rover has its own opinions , as always , from its advantage full point on Mars .
Advertisers run off no time getting in on the human action .
And of row , the flyby has ignited a campaign to get Plutorestored to planet status .
I conceive we ’re all for that , if only for nostalgia role . But restoration is not a matter for the masses . It ’s not exactly up for a vote , asthe Awkward Yeti heartbreakingly illustrate .
But the look-alike are do in , and we excitedly wait the late fromNew Horizons . you may keep up with the latest attheNew Horizonswebsite .
