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An image snapped on July 7 by the New Horizons spacecraft while just under 5 million miles (8 million kilometers) from Pluto is combined with color data in this most detailed view yet of the Solar System’s most famous world about to be explored. The region imaged includes the tip of an elongated dark area along Pluto’s equator already dubbed “the whale”. A bright heart-shaped region on the right is about 1,200 miles (2,000) kilometers across, possibly covered with a frost of frozen methane, nitrogen, and/or carbon monoxide. The view is centered near the area that will be seen during New Horizons much anticipated July 14 closest approach to a distance of about 7,750 miles (12,500 kilometers).
中文翻譯:
一幅由新視野(New Horizons)太空船於7月7日拍攝的圖像，當時距離冥王星(Pluto)不足五百萬英里(約八百萬公里)，並結合了顏色數據，呈現出有關這個太陽系中最著名的世界的最新細節。所拍攝的區域包含了一個 elongated dark area，即已經被稱為「鯨魚」(the whale) 的部分。右側有一個明亮的心形區域，直徑約為1,200英里(約2,000公里)，可能覆蓋著冰凍的甲烷(methane)、氮氣(nitrogen)和/或一氧化碳(carbon monoxide)。這幅圖片的焦點正是即將在新視野(New Horizons)於7月14日進行的最接近冥王星的拍攝，距離約為7,750英里(約12,500公里)。
#新視野 #冥王星 #太空探索 #宇宙奇觀 #太陽系 #天文學 #太空科學 #太空旅行 #鯨魚 #心形區域
來源:NASA每日圖片
