the Average distance from Earth to Pluto is about 5.7 billion kilometers, but this does not prevent the researchers from NASA to make the assumption that the poles of the system Pluto — Charon are the ice caps. This help scientists some of the first shots with the research unit New Horizons (New horizons).

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the Average distance from Earth to Pluto is about 5.7 billion kilometers, but this does not prevent the researchers from NASA to make the assumption that the poles of the system Pluto — Charon are the ice caps. This help scientists some of the first shots with the research unit New Horizons (New horizons).

the Probe was sent to a dwarf planet in 2006, and its activation took place only in December last year. As you can see on NASA published the photo, the surface of Pluto is heterogeneous. To judge the mountains and craters still early, but to make the assumption that the poles of one of the largest known dwarf planets of the Solar system was formed, the ice cap, can be quite.

This photograph was taken using a special camera mounted on a 450-kilogram probe, in the period from 12 to 18 April, when the distance between New Horizons and Pluto was about 107-113 million kilometers. Space aircraft must fly at a minimum distance from Pluto on July 14. Next he will head to the other objects in the Kuiper belt.

Originally, Pluto was positioned as a classic planet, but he is now considered a dwarf planet, and one of the largest objects in the Kuiper belt.