ALMA observations of Pluto and Charon

Eso_ann14059a_1024

eso_ann14059a August 6th, 2014

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

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.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann14059a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Charon • Pluto
Subject - Solar System
Interplanetary Body > Dwarf planet
Eso_ann14059a_1280
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ann14059a
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A.2.1  
Subject Name
Charon, Pluto
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NRAO/AUI/NSF
Release Date
2014-08-06T11:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
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https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann14059a/
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Equinox
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European Southern Observatory
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http://www.eso.org/
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
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Garching bei München
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D-85748
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Germany
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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European Southern Observatory
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eso
Resource ID
ann14059a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ann14059a.tif
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Metadata Date
2014-08-05T10:52:08+02:00
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1.1
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