[meteorite-list] Pluto: A Global Perspective

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pluto-a-global-perspective

Pluto: A Global Perspective
April 29, 2016

[Image Map]
NASA's New Horizons mission science team has produced this updated panchromatic 
(black-and-white) global map of Pluto. The map includes all resolved images 
of Pluto's surface acquired between July 7-14, 2015, at pixel resolutions 
ranging from 18 miles (30 kilometers) on the Charon-facing hemisphere 
(left and right edges of the map) to 770 feet (235 meters) on the hemisphere 
facing New Horizons during the spacecraft's closest approach on July 
14, 2015 (map center). The non-encounter hemisphere was seen from much 
greater range and is, therefore, in far less detail.

The latest images woven into the map were sent back to Earth as recently 
as April 25, and the team will continue to add photos as the spacecraft 
transmits the rest of its stored Pluto encounter data. All encounter imagery 
is expected on Earth by early fall. The team is also working on improved 
color maps.

Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI