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Researchers Present the Sharpest Image of Pluto Ever Taken from Earth
Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:40
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A “speckle image” reconstruction of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon (Gemini Observatory/NSF/NASA/AURA)
Real planet, dwarf planet, KBO, who cares? What matters here is that astronomers have created the sharpest image of Pluto ever made with ground-based observations — and developed a new way to verify potential Earth-like exoplanets at the same time.
Here’s how they did it:
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Post tags: Charon, dwarf planet, Gemini Telescope, NASA, NSF, Pluto, Solar System, speckle imaging
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