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NASA's Probe Captures Entire Plutonic System; Pluto's Five Moons Chron, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos and Styx Captured in Detail
| Aishwarya Bhatt | | May 15, 2015 08:29 AM EDT |
Pluto has long been a mystery to astronomers. However, the New Horizons probe launched by NASA has finally succeeded in capturing the entire Plutonic system with the dwarf planet being revolved about by its five characteristic moons. Though Charon, Hydra and Nix were captured in the past, it is the first time that the dwarf planet's dwarf and faintest satellites namely Kerberos and Styx have been captured by the space agency.
[PHOTO] First Ever Color Image of Pluto and its Moon Charon Courtesy of NASA's New Horizons
| Ana Verayo | | Apr 15, 2015 07:20 AM EDT |
During its mission, the probe will obtain and consolidate data that will be transmitted back to Earth over the next 16 months.
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