Welcome to the planet that was

• Autores: Stephen Battersby
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3025, 2015, págs. 28-33
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On Jul 14, NASA's New Horizons craft will skim within just 13,000 kilometers of Pluto, entering a hitherto-unexplored zone of the solar system. When this probe was launched in Jan 2006, its destination was still the solar system's ninth planet. Pluto was controversially demoted to a dwarf planet later that year, but its allure is undiminished. Above its surface, frosted with exotic ices, is a strange atmosphere that seeps constantly into space, and a complex system of moons, including the giant Charon. Here, Battersby explores why humans' first visit to Pluto could rewrite the solar system's story.