Today New Horizons volition brand its closest flyby of the planet Pluto. During the flyby it volition live on capturing novel imagery in addition to information from the minor-planet. New Horizons volition operate yesteryear Pluto at only 12,500 km from the surface. If all goes good New Horizons should contact world 1 time again at 01:53 BST.
NASA's current best map of Pluto is available every bit a kmz download, which tin live on viewed inwards Google Earth. This map was created final calendar week from images taken yesteryear New Horizons. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 full-frame flick of Pluto was too captured yesterday.
The images of Pluto captured today volition live on at a fraction of a kilometer per pixel. However Pluto is to a greater extent than than 4.5 billion km away from Earth. This way that it volition receive got sixteen months to shipping dorsum every slice of information captured from New Horizons' flyby of Pluto. Because of their high scientific discipline value (and due to high populace interest) the showtime high-resolution pictures of Pluto should live on downlinked tomorrow.
The residuum of the prototype information from New Horizons volition laid out to live on downlinked inwards September. It volition in addition to thence receive got 10 weeks to download the total information set. This way nosotros may receive got to hold off until the halt of Nov to meet the best maps of Pluto.
