Pluto’s atmosphere
updated: 24 July, 23:00 CEST
Pluto’s atmosphere
Pluto’s atmosphere
Mountain range in Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio
Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
“Sputnik Planum” on Pluto / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Icy mountains of Pluto
A first detailed image of Charon’s surface / Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Charon
Photo of Pluto captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was 476,000 miles (766,000 kilometers) from the surface. / Photo credit: NASA
Pluto on July 12 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers)
Charon on July 12 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers)
Image from New Horizons taken on July 9, 2015 from 3.3 million miles (5.4 million kilometers) / photo credits: NASA
Pluto starts to reveal its geological features
