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mk  ·  3422 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Latest image of Pluto with its heart!

That is gorgeous. I never thought it would be so round.

It's so difficult to comprehend that it is a place, and has long been a place. Just one unobserved.





WanderingEng  ·  3422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And with an orbital period of 248 years, that place still hasn't completed a full orbital period since humans first spotted it.

It may not be a planet anymore, but in some ways it makes this remote place all the more fascinating.

mk  ·  3422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I hadn't even considered that.

Elrond  ·  3422 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Also, most people don't realize what humanity went through in order to get this photo. New Horizons traveled at a speed of 58,000 KM/h. That's the fastest THING we've ever built!