What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto?

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Since New Horizons flew by Pluto on July 14, 2015, it's completely redefined what we know about the dwarf planet and its largest moon Charon. New Horizons' mission will continue to be full of surprises, but here's what we've learned so far
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MORE NEW HORIZONS STUFF:
Calculate your Pluto time: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/plutotime/
New Horizons image gallery: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_p....ages/newhorizons/ima
Planetary Society New Horizons news: http://www.planetary.org/blogs..../blog-archive.html?k
Nadia Drake's excellent New Horizons coverage: http://phenomena.nationalgeogr....aphic.com/search/plu
Pluto and Charon are weird: http://news.nationalgeographic.....com/2015/07/150715-
What kind of ices are on Pluto? http://space.io9.com/the-ice-o....f-pluto-is-more-dive
Pluto's hazy atmosphere: https://www.nasa.gov/press-rel....ease/nasa-s-new-hori
Geologic features of Pluto and Charon: http://space.io9.com/were-acti....vely-creating-the-ge
What are tholins? Why Pluto looks red: http://www.planetary.org/blogs..../guest-blogs/2015/07
Pluto's other moons, Nix and Hydra: http://www.nasa.gov/image-feat....ure/new-horizons-cap
Pluto's family portrait: http://www.planetary.org/multi....media/space-images/s
Dwarf planets of the solar system: http://www.space.com/18584-dwa....rf-planets-solar-sys
Catalog of unusual "minor planet objects" in solar system: http://www.minorplanetcenter.n....et/iau/lists/Unusual

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