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What would it look like to fly past Pluto? The robotic New Horizons spacecraft did just this in late July and continues to return stunning pictures of the dwarf planet. Some well-chosen flyby images have now been digitally sequenced to create the featured video. The animation begins by showing New Horizon’s approach to the Pluto system, with Pluto and its largest moon Charon orbiting a common center of mass. As the spacecraft bears down on Pluto uniquely, surprising surface features are nearly resolved that, unfortunately, quickly rotate out of view. New Horizons then passes just above and near a large, fascinating, light-colored, heart-shaped, and unusually smooth region now known as Tombaugh Regio. The spacecraft then pivots to look back at Pluto’s night side, seeing an encompassing atmospheric haze. Finally, Pluto fades away in a final sequence illustrated with the orbits of many of Pluto’s smaller moons. Although humanity has no current plans to return to Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft may well be directed next to fly past an asteroid currently known only as 2014 MU69.
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🌌✨ 想像一下飛越冥王星的壯觀場景！無人探測器New Horizons於2015年7月進行驚人的冥王星掠過，並持續回傳令人驚嘆的圖片。🎥
在這段精彩的動畫中，首先，你會看到New Horizons接近冥王星系統，冥王星及其最大衛星卡戎（Charon）共同圍繞著一個質量中心運行。🚀 隨著探測器快速接近冥王星，奇特的地表特徵逐漸顯現，但不久後又旋轉到視野之外。
探測器隨後掠過一個大而迷人的、心形的光亮區域，名字叫做Tombaugh Regio。💖🌍 然後，New Horizons轉向冥王星的夜面，捕捉到包圍的薄霧大氣。最後，冥王星逐漸從視野中消失，動畫以多顆冥王星的小衛星的軌道結束。🌠
雖然目前人類沒有計劃重返冥王星，但New Horizons探測器有機會飛越目前僅被稱為2014 MU69的小行星。🪐
#NewHorizons #冥王星 #Pluto #TombaughRegio #太空探索 #宇宙奇觀 #深空探索 #Asteroid2014MU69 #心形區域 #卡戎 #不可能的旅程
來源:NASA每日圖片
