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[–] FormerDittoHead 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

For us "Pluto is still a planet" guys, it's sad to realize that when New Horizons launched 9 years ago, Pluto WAS a planet!

But if Pluto is a planet, then we'd have to add hundreds of other planets to be fair.

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[–] ineedanap 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Was watching the Nova on New Horizons/Pluto last night, I stay fairly up to date on space stuff, but had no idea how many new objects almost the size of Pluto had been found in the Kuiper Belt. That being said, hasn't New Horizons shown Pluto to be slightly larger than originally thought, while none of these other objects are quite as big as it?

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[–] BrutalJones 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I was hoping this would be the Charon Relay.

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[–] omegletrollz 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Are there gonna be more images? The link says the probe is well beyond Pluto. Is it coming back?

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[–] kun [S] 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Beyond Pluto: Kuiper Belt Possibilities

New Horizons has the capability to fly beyond the Pluto system and explore additional Kuiper Belt Objects. New Horizons carries extra hydrazine fuel for a KBO flyby; its communications system is designed to work from far beyond Pluto and its scientific instruments can work in light levels even lower than the dim sunlight at Pluto.

So the New Horizons team had to undertake a dedicated search for small KBOs the spacecraft could reach. In the early 2000s, no such KBOs had even been discovered. The National Academy of Sciences directed New Horizons to fly by small KBOs about 20 to 50 kilometers (about 12 to 30 miles) across, which are more likely to be primitive bodies, less well-formed than planets like Pluto.

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[–] kun [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

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[–] omegletrollz 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That's actually sad, I was expecting a ton more pictures from Pluto :(

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[–] Pegasus_Poo 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Look like my little brothers face.

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[–] Foul_Knave ago 

Astounding!