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| Pennwalt... |
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there was a probe sent to Pluto some time ago
when it is supposed to arrive and have we heard from it lately thanks
pennwalt
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| Thomas Womack... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:36 am |
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In article <hcmqp0$5ek$1 at (no spam) news.eternal-september.org>,
Pennwalt <tatoo at (no spam) ebzz.com> wrote:
[quote]there was a probe sent to Pluto some time ago
when it is supposed to arrive and have we heard from it lately thanks
pennwalt
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It's called New Horizons (http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/)
It's just over half-way from Saturn to Uranus's orbit at the moment,
will cross Uranus's orbit on 03/18/2011 and encounter Pluto on 07/14/2015.
It's currently hibernating, and will wake up again next Monday to
confirm that it still exists.
Tom |
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| Thad Floryan... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:15 am |
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On 11/2/2009 6:36 AM, Pennwalt wrote:
[quote]there was a probe sent to Pluto some time ago
when it is supposed to arrive and have we heard from it lately
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<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html> |
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| Pennwalt... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:54 pm |
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Thanks to both of you. appreciate the response. i hadnt heard anything for
quite some time and was wondering what it was up to Pennwalt
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[quote]In article <hcmqp0$5ek$1 at (no spam) news.eternal-september.org>,
Pennwalt <tatoo at (no spam) ebzz.com> wrote:
there was a probe sent to Pluto some time ago
when it is supposed to arrive and have we heard from it lately thanks
pennwalt
It's called New Horizons (http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/)
It's just over half-way from Saturn to Uranus's orbit at the moment,
will cross Uranus's orbit on 03/18/2011 and encounter Pluto on 07/14/2015.
It's currently hibernating, and will wake up again next Monday to
confirm that it still exists.
Tom
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