ALMA observations of Pluto and Charon
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are making high-precision measurements of Pluto's location and orbit around the Sun to help NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accurately home in on its target when it nears Pluto and its five known moons in July 2015. This picture shows the cold surface of Pluto and its largest moon Charon as seen with ALMA on 15 July 2014.
Credit:NRAO/AUI/NSF
About the Image
Id: | ann14059a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 6 August 2014, 11:00 |
Related announcements: | ann14059 |
Size: | 722 x 583 px |
About the Object
Name: | Charon, Pluto |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Dwarf planet |
Category: | Solar System |