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About the new information about Pluto, obtained through New Horizons, according to the website NASA. “Who would have expected the blue sky in the Kuiper Belt? This is great, “- are reported Space Agency researchers said Alan Stern.
According to scientists, this shade is acquired because the sunlight is scattered by particles in the atmosphere. Blue ambient tone indicates the size and composition of the particles in the haze on Pluto, noted in NASA. Clear blue – the result of the reaction of nitrogen and methane, which evaporate from the ice on the surface of Pluto sunlight.
In addition, according to NASA, the probe transmitted pictures, which show the glaciers on the surface of Pluto. The discovery was made thanks to the data collected by the system visualization Ralph / Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera.
The first pictures of Pluto and its satellites made by the probe New Horizons, was published in July. At that time, NASA released a video of the planet surface. In September, the probe transmitted pictures, which scientists have found elements of a relief similar to dunes.
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