Medical and Hospital News  
OUTER PLANETS
Pluto: A Global Perspective
by Staff Writers
Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2016


Image courtesy NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI. For a larger version of this image please go here.

NASA's New Horizons mission science team has produced this updated panchromatic (black-and-white) global map of Pluto.

The map includes all resolved images of Pluto's surface acquired between July 7-14, 2015, at pixel resolutions ranging from 18 miles (30 kilometers) on the Charon-facing hemisphere (left and right edges of the map) to 770 feet (235 meters) on the hemisphere facing New Horizons during the spacecraft's closest approach on July 14, 2015 (map center).

The non-encounter hemisphere was seen from much greater range and is, therefore, in far less detail.

The latest images woven into the map were sent back to Earth as recently as April 25, and the team will continue to add photos as the spacecraft transmits the rest of its stored Pluto encounter data.

All encounter imagery is expected on Earth by early fall. The team is also working on improved color maps.


Thanks for being here;
We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once


credit card or paypal
SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5 Billed Monthly


paypal only


.


Related Links
New Horizons at NASA
The million outer planets of a star called Sol






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle

Previous Report
OUTER PLANETS
Hubble discovers moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2016
Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet - after Pluto - in the Kuiper Belt. The moon - provisionally designated S/2015 (136472) 1 and nicknamed MK 2 - is more than 1,300 times fainter than Makemake. MK 2 was seen approximately 13,000 miles from the dwarf planet, and i ... read more


OUTER PLANETS
Chile quake at epicenter of expanding disaster and failure data repository

Kenya building collapse toll rises to 21

Personal cooling units on the horizon

Workers feeling the heat as climate change slashes productivity: report

OUTER PLANETS
Air Force awards GPS 3 launch services contract

India gets homegrown satellite navigation system

ISRO launch campaign for IRNSS-1G progressing smoothly

India a step away from joining GPS club

OUTER PLANETS
Hominins may have been food for carnivores 500,000 years ago

Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens had different dietary strategies

Chimp study explores the early origins of human hand dexterity

Toward quieting the brain

OUTER PLANETS
Despite their small brains - ravens are just as clever as chimps

Researcher studies how animals puncture things

Circus elephants' retirement home promises pampered life

Birds of prey miss out on benefits of beak evolution

OUTER PLANETS
TGen tracks the origins and spread of potentially deadly Valley Fever

Cellphone-sized device quickly detects the Ebola virus

Threat of novel swine flu viruses in pigs and humans

Colombia's illegal mining linked to malaria outbreak

OUTER PLANETS
Hundreds protest over sacking of Hong Kong editor

China to release last Tiananmen prisoner: activists

Hong Kong independence 'inevitable' says campaign leader

China's ruling party disciplines tycoon who questioned its power

OUTER PLANETS
New force raids El Salvador gang districts

Mexican soldiers detained as torture video surfaces

Pirates abduct six Turkish crew off Nigeria: navy

US, Hong Kong bust huge smuggling operation

OUTER PLANETS
Multinationals book more income in Bermuda than China: UN

China, Japan growth to slow sharply in 2016, IMF warns

HSBC profit drops on market volatility

China manufacturing weakens in April, private survey shows









The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. All articles labeled "by Staff Writers" include reports supplied to Space Media Network by industry news wires, PR agencies, corporate press officers and the like. Such articles are individually curated and edited by Space Media Network staff on the basis of the report's information value to our industry and professional readership. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Statement Our advertisers use various cookies and the like to deliver the best ad banner available at one time. All network advertising suppliers have GDPR policies (Legitimate Interest) that conform with EU regulations for data collection. By using our websites you consent to cookie based advertising. If you do not agree with this then you must stop using the websites from May 25, 2018. Privacy Statement. Additional information can be found here at About Us.