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	Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time - NASA Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/index/477/ ] Next release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/12/ ] Previous release [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/14/ ] News Release Number:: STScI-1996-09b Keywords: What -- Pluto
	Planet X: New Member of our Solar System - NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC/Caltech) This artist's concept shows the planet catalogued as 2003UB313 at the lonely outer fringes of our solar system. Our Sun can be seen in the distance. The new planet, which is yet to be formally named, is at least as big as Pluto and about three times farther away from the Sun than Pluto. It is very cold and dark. The planet was discovered by the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif., on Jan... Keywords: What -- Sun; What -- Pluto
	PLUTO A musical ode to the object formerly known as planet Keywords: pluto; ilc; musical Downloads: 14
	Blues for a small grey planet or the further adventures of Pluto - Amy Pemberton Blues for a small grey planet or the further adventures of Pluto Keywords: Pluto, Unitarian, universalist Downloads: 96 Average rating: (0 review)
	Tap Dancing Podcaster News 8/25/06 - Sondra Lowell All the News That's Fit to Tap: JonBenet, Pluto, morning after pill and more. Keywords: tap dancing; news; Pluto Downloads: 195 Average rating: (0 review)
	NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and M. Buie (Lowell Observatory) Description: A careful search of Hubble images taken with the ACS/HRC on June 14th, 2002, reveals two objects that are consistent with the expected locations of the newly-discovered satellites. One image (top) was taken in yellow light (555 nm) and the other (bottom) was taken in blue light (475 nm). The ellipse shows the orbital path of the new satellites derived from the May 2005 Hubble observations... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	astro man - justin cottam transformation, myth, sun and the energies ruled by the planets and the stars Keywords: myth; sun; lion; pluto; tranformation Downloads: 102 Average rating: (0 review)
	pluto... of man - justin cottam pluto... transformation, transmutation, destruction, destroyer Keywords: pluto transformation; transmutation; destruction; destroyer Downloads: 481 Average rating: (0 review)
	Anti-Crap Radio Episode 7 - Uncle Daddy May 16: DR. NEIL DeGRASSE TYSON & JOAN ZEN DR. TYSON is a world-renown and respected astrophysicist and a frequent guest on âThe Daily Showâ. DEB HICKS is the lead singer and songwriter of the band, âJoan Zenâ. TOPICS: 1) Dr. Tysonâs book, âThe Pluto Filesâ and why Pluto ainât a planet no more. 2) Deb discusses the Montana music scene. Keywords: DR. NEIL DeGRASSE TYSON; JOAN ZEN; Pluto Downloads: 73
	Diffusion 14th September 2006 - The Diffusion Team Pluto's demotion and an inconvenient truth are debated in this weeks show. Presented by Jacqui Pfeffer, Science news by Ian Woolf, Jacqui Hayes reveals an inconvenient turth, Marc West give us all the low down on Pluto, Vanessa Gardos provides wise words throughout, Produced by Tilly Boleyn. Keywords: Science; pluto; Al Gore; NASA; mint Downloads: 1,767 Average rating: (1 review)
	Diffusion 21st September 2006 - The Diffusion Team Brain Fingerprinting and Killing Electric Cars Presented by Lachlan Whatmore, News by Marc West, Reading Minds and Catching Criminals with Catherine Beehag, and "Who Killed the Electric Car?" asks Ian Woolf. Produced by Jacqui Hayes with technical support from Jacqui Pfeffer. Keywords: science; brain fingerprint; electric cars; pluto Downloads: 1,747 Average rating: (0 review)
	In Green Ink - I'm Pluto Sleepless Nights recording. I did the recording, mixing, and mastering for this. Keywords: In Green Ink; I'm Pluto Downloads: 4
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], A. Stern (SwRI) and Z. Levay (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Description: The new HST/ACS observations made on March 2nd reveal that all three of Pluto's satellites are neutrally colored, unlike reddish Pluto itself. Pluto's reddish color is believed to be due to reddening agents created by the effects of sunlight acting on its nitrogen and methane surface ices. Charon's surface is known to consist primarily of water ice; the similar color of P1 and P2 may indicate they too have water ice surfaces... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Pluto; What -- Charon; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Description:> Composition of "Quaoar" Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Description:> Significance of "Quaoar" Discovery Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astron... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Discovery; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto
	NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], W. J. Merline (SwRI), and the Pluto Companion Search Team Description: Although a full orbital solution for the satellites cannot be determined from only two Hubble measurements, it turns that their paths closely follow that expected for objects orbiting the Pluto system's barycenter in a perfect circle in the same plane as Charon's orbit. In this diagram, the barycenter is the dot in the center, Pluto's orbit is the smallest ellipse, Charon's orbit is the next ellipse (its position on May 15 and May 18 are indicated by the filled and open circles, r... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,475 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10427: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,475 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10427: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Description:> Diameter of "Quaoar" Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto
	UX Tau A - NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC) This is an artist's rendition of the one-million-year-old star system called UX Tau A, located approximately 450 light-years away. Observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope showed a gap in the dusty planet-forming disk swirling around the system's central Sun-like star. The gap extends from the equivalent of Mercury to Pluto in our solar system, and is sandwiched between thick inner and outer disks on either side... Keywords: What -- Spitzer Space Telescope; What -- Sun; What -- Mercury; What -- Pluto
	Size Comparisons - NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC) The artist's rendition shows the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed "Sedna," in relation to other bodies in the Solar System, including Earth and its Moon; Pluto; and Quaoar, a planetoid beyond Pluto that was until now the largest known object beyond Pluto. The diameter of Sedna is slightly smaller than Pluto's but likely somewhat larger than Quaoar. Keywords: What -- Sedna; What -- Earth; What -- Moon; What -- Pluto; What -- Quaoar
	Massive Smash-Up at Vega - NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC) This artist concept illustrates how a massive collision of objects, perhaps as large as the planet Pluto, smashed together to create the dust ring around the nearby star Vega. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicate the collision took place within the last one million years. Astronomers think that embryonic planets smashed together, shattered into pieces, and repeatedly crashed into other fragments to create ever finer debris... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- VEGA; What -- Spitzer Space Telescope
	Sedna Size Comparisons - NASA/JPL-Caltech The artist's rendition shows the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed "Sedna," in relation to other bodies in the solar system, including Earth and its Moon; Pluto; and Quaoar, a planetoid beyond Pluto that was until now the largest known object beyond Pluto. The diameter of Sedna is slightly smaller than Pluto's but likely somewhat larger than Quaoar. Keywords: What -- Sedna; What -- Earth; What -- Moon; What -- Pluto; What -- Quaoar
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Description:> Discovery of "Quaoar" Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Discovery; What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto Downloads: 2
	Massive Smash-up at Vega - NASA/JPL-Caltech This artist concept illustrates how a massive collision of objects perhaps as large as the planet Pluto smashed together to create the dust ring around the nearby star Vega. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope indicate the collision took place within the last one million years. Astronomers think that embryonic planets smashed together, shattered into pieces, and repeatedly crashed into other fragments to create ever finer debris... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- VEGA; What -- Spitzer Space Telescope
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto Downloads: 1
	Hubble Confirms New Moons of Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Downloads: 1
	Hubble Confirms New Moons of Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Pluto Object Description: Planet Distance: Although its orbit is highly eccentric, Pluto's average distance from the Sun is 39.44 Astronomical Units (A.U.) or roughly 3.6 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers). Dimensions: Pluto has a diameter of roughly 1,416 miles (2,280 km) at the equator. About the Data Data Description: These HST data are from proposal 10774: H.A... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Sun; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Downloads: 1
	Hubble Finds 'Tenth Planet' is Slightly Larger than Pluto - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and A. Feild (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ]) Description: This is a photo illustration of the largest known Kuiper Belt objects. "Xena," officially catalogued at 2003 UB313, is slightly larger than Pluto. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Description: 2003 UB313, "Xena" Position (J2000) on December 9/10, 2005: R.A. 01h 35m 37s.64 Dec. -05° 39' 57 ".7 Distance: 10 billion miles away (16 billion kilometers) About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from proposal 10759: M... Keywords: What -- Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Gemini Downloads: 2
	BeyondthePale110407 Curate note: Radio show. Keywords: beyond the pale; wbai; mukasey; pluto; kovel; LA8 Downloads: 65 Average rating: (0 review)
	Hubble Spots an Icy World Far Beyond Pluto - NASA Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Quaoar, 2002 LM60 Object Description: Kuiper Belt Object Position (J2000): On July 5, 2002 R.A. 16h 36m 18s Dec. ?14° 48' 0" Constellation: In July 2002 in Ophiuchus Distance: About 43 astronomical units (about 4 billion miles or 6.5 billion kilometers) Dimensions: Approximately 800 miles in diameter (about 1300 kilometers) About the Data Instrument: ACS/HRC Principal Astronomers: M... Keywords: What -- Quaoar; What -- Constellation; What -- Ophiuchus; What -- Pluto Downloads: 1
	Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time - Credit: Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute), Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory), NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and ESA [ http://spacetelescope.org/ ]. Description: This is the first image-based surface map of the solar system's most remote planet, Pluto. This map was assembled by computer image processing software from four separate images of Pluto's disk taken with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Faint Object Camera (FOC) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble imaged nearly the entire surface, as Pluto rotated on its axis in late June and early July 1994... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Pluto; What -- Faint Object Camera; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Polar; What -- Charon; What -- Earth; What -- Mars
	NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team Description: These Hubble Space Telescope images, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys, reveal Pluto, its large moon Charon, and the planet's two new candidate satellites. Between May 15 and May 18, 2005, Charon, and the putative moons, provisionally designated P1 and P2, all appear to rotate counterclockwise around Pluto. P1 and P2 move less than Charon because they are farther from Pluto, and therefore would be orbiting at slower speeds... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Pluto; What -- Moon; What -- Charon; What -- Sun
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Description: These NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of Pluto were taken on March 2, 2006, using the High Resolution Channel (HRC) of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). The image on the left was taken through a blue filter (F435W), and the one on the right was taken through a red filter (F606W). By comparing these two images in detail, astronomers discovered that the surfaces of Pluto's two newly-discovered satellites (S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2, or P1 and P2 for short) have essentially th... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Pluto; What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Moon; What -- Sun
	Hubble's Latest Look at Pluto's Moons Supports a Common Birth - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab), A. Stern (Southwest Research Institute), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Description: This pair of NASA Hubble Space Telescope images shows the motion of Pluto's satellites between February 15th and March 2nd, 2006. Both images were taken through a red filter (F606W) using the High Resolution Channel (HRC) of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). During this 15-day period, Pluto's newly-discovered satellite S/2005 P 2 (P2 for short) moved counterclockwise from the noon position to the 5 o'clock position, while the other newly-discovered satellite S/2005 P 1 (P1 fo... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Moon; What -- Charon; What -- Pluto; What -- Sun
	NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the Hubble Space Telescope Pluto Companion Search Team Description: These Hubble Space Telescope images, taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys, reveal Pluto, its large moon Charon, and the planet's two new putative satellites. In the short-exposure image [left], taken June 11, 2002, the candidate moons cannot be seen. They do, however, appear in the middle and right-hand images. Longer exposure times were used to take these images. Pluto and Charon are overexposed in these images, causing the bright streaks or "blooms" that emerge vertically fr... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Pluto; What -- Moon; What -- Charon; What -- Sun
	Pluto's Two Small Moons Officially Named Nix and Hydra - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Description: A pair of small moons that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered orbiting Pluto now have official names: Nix and Hydra. Photographed by Hubble in 2005, Nix and Hydra are roughly 5,000 times fainter than Pluto and are about two to three times farther from Pluto than its large moon, Charon, which was discovered in 1978. Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/index/80/ ] Next release [ http://hubblesit... Keywords: Pluto; Charon; Nix; Hydra; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Pluto; What -- Hydra; What -- Moon; What -- Charon
	Pluto's Two Small Moons Officially Named Nix and Hydra - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Description: A pair of small moons that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered orbiting Pluto now have official names: Nix and Hydra. Photographed by Hubble in 2005, Nix and Hydra are roughly 5,000 times fainter than Pluto and are about two to three times farther from Pluto than its large moon, Charon, which was discovered in 1978. Technical facts about this news release: Back to entire collection [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/index/80/ ] Next release [ http://hubblesit... Keywords: Pluto; Charon; Nix; Hydra; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Pluto; What -- Hydra; What -- Moon; What -- Charon Downloads: 1
	Hubble Reveals Surface of Pluto for First Time - Credit: Alan Stern (Southwest Research Institute), Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory), NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] and ESA [ http://spacetelescope.org/ ] Description: The never-before-seen surface of the distant planet Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Faint Object Camera (FOC) aboard Hubble. Discovered in 1930, Pluto has always appeared as nothing more than a dot of light in even the largest earth-based telescopes because Pluto's disk is much smaller than can be resolved from beneath the Earth's turbulent atmosphere... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Faint Object Camera; What -- Earth; What -- Moon; What -- Mars; What -- Polar Downloads: 10
	Hubble Portrait of the "Double Planet" Pluto & Charon - Credit: Dr. R. Albrecht, ESA [ http://spacetelescope.org/ ]/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility; NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ] Description: This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The image was taken by the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera on February 21, 1994 when the planet was 2.6 billion miles (4.4 billion kilometers) from Earth; or nearly 30 times the separation between Earth and the sun. Hubble's corrected optics show the two objects as clearly separate and sharp disks... Keywords: Pluto; Charon; What -- Pluto; What -- Moon; What -- Charon; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Faint Object Camera; What -- Earth; What -- Sun
	Hubble Confirms New Moons of Pluto - Credit: NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], H. Weaver (JHU/APL), A. Stern (SwRI), and the HST Pluto Companion Search Team Description: EMBARGOED UNTIL: 1:00 pm (EST) February 22, 2006 PHOTO NO.: STScI-PRC06-09 HUBBLE CONFIRMS NEW MOONS OF PLUTO Anxiously awaited follow-up observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered by Hubble in May 2005, but the science team probed even deeper into the Pluto system last week to look for additional satellites and to characterize the orbits of the moons... Keywords: Pluto; What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST); What -- Pluto; What -- Discovery; What -- Neptune; What -- Sun; What -- Charon; What -- Advanced Camera for Surveys; What -- Earth; What -- Moon; Where -- Washington
	BeyondthePale110507 Curate note: Radio show. Keywords: beyond the pale; wbai; mukasey; pluto; kovel; LA8; bennis; olshansky Downloads: 4 Average rating: (0 review)
	Another World This artist's conception of newly-discovered object 'Quaoar' - orbiting our Sun far beyond Pluto - shows how the tiny object compares to the size of North America. It is the largest object discovered in our solar system since Pluto was found in 1930. Keywords: Solar System Exploration; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Planets; What -- Quaoar; What -- Sun; What -- Pluto
	Outer Planet Orbits This shows the relative sizes and positions of the orbits of the planets farther from the Sun than Earth. All the planets have orbits that are ellipses with the Sun at one of the foci, and the ellipses are in different planes. However, in a perspective view of the orbits such as this one, only Pluto has a noticeably noncircular orbit that lies in a different plane from the other planets. Image Credit: Lunar and Planetary Institute Keywords: Solar System Exploration; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Planets; What -- Sun; What -- Earth; What -- Pluto