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Voyage to Unexplored Pluto and a the rst reconnaissance of the Pluto system and by Belt 150 a relic of solar system formation reconnaissance yby study of Pluto and its moons that started in ear. Walter S. Kiefer . Lunar and Planetary Institute. Mars through Time Workshop, July 2015. Vesta. Eucrites. : Asteroid Basalts. Juvinas. Diogenites: An asteroid mantle. Johnstown Diogenite. A thin-section view. Arleen Gallegos . How did Pluto get its name ?. Pluto got the name after the Roman God. , Hades. God . of the Underworld and the Darkness. Pluto is kind of dark . depending on . the backside that isn't facing the sun.. Pluto. Basic characteristics. Pluto’s moons. The Kuiper Belt. Basic . characteristics. Resonant . Kuiper Belt objects. Classical. . Kuiper Belt objects. The Oort Cloud. Basic characteristics. Pluto Data: Numbers. The . Pluto. Files. By Neil Degrasse Tyson. February 18, 1930. Pluto was discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh, an amateur astronomer from Illinois at Arizona’s Lowell Observatory.. He considered naming the planet Percival, after Percival Lowell.. B. y. T. a. y. l. a . &. J. e. s. s. a. m. y. Who Discovered Pluto?. Percivul. . Lowel. Pluto has one moon called Charon.. Pluto has no volcanoes, it has a surface of rock and ice.. Pluto is named after a Greek God (or Roman).. Mission. Status Report for SBAG. Will Grundy. Lowell Observatory. New Horizons: To . Pluto and Beyond. Pluto-Charon. July 2015. KBOs. 2016-2020. Jupiter System. Feb-March 2007. The Initial Reconnaissance of The Solar System. PRESS KIT | July 2015 National Aeronautics and Space Administration www.nasa.gov Table of Contents NASA’s New Horizons Nears Historic Pluto Flyby 5 Media Services Information 6 Quick Facts 7 M Astrophotos. . of the . Month. June 2015. CFAS Astrophoto of the Month. Copyright. : . NASA. Hubble Composite of Pluto. CFAS Astrophoto of the Month. CFAS . Astrophoto. of the . Month. Pluto Charon orbits. 2007. Class #23. Astronomy 340. Fall . 2007. Research Experience for Undergraduates. 10-12 weeks over the summer. $3500-$4000 in salary plus travel, housing. Applications typically due in late Dec – early Feb. Cryo. -volcanism. Earth’s Interior. Volcano Structure. Earth’s Tectonic Plates. Hawaii and Olympus Mons. Hawaiian Islands. Olympus Mons. Volcanism on Mars. Volcanism on Io. Pluto’s Largest Satellite. Discovery. James Christy. June 22, 1978. US Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ. Discovered as a “bulge” on Pluto. Eclipse from 1985 to 1990. Surface Characteristics. Radius: Roughly one-tenth of Earth’s. . New . Horizons. James Zimbelman. National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Pluto. Charon. Pluto. Diam. . = 0.2 E. Pluto. Charon. HST (2/21/94). “. Double-planet. ”. (1172 km). 0.33 M. Image Credit: . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Image Credit: pluto.jhuapl.edu. Image Credit: pluto.jhuapl.edu. Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute. Chapter 12: "Rings, Moons & Pluto". Europa. Callisto. is the outermost of Galilean moons at a distance of 1.2 million miles.. It is in synchronous revolution around Jupiter every 17 days.. . The moon has a heavily cratered surface that has seen little change over the last 4.4 billion years. .