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New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Pluto
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<blockquote data-quote="Junior Bonner" data-source="post: 2768897" data-attributes="member: 33416"><p>Well, I understand yall's line of reasoning. But Pluto's orbit is 3 billion miles away and it swings further out during its 280 year circuit around the sun. This may be the only shot we get at Pluto in our lifetimes. Seems to me Pluto's gravity could slow down the probe. Now, if New Horizon strikes something out there in the Kuiper Belt, it's over. Yes, the Kuiper Belt is the Great Mystery, but it is a terrible risk to thrust New Horizon into. The probe could orbit Pluto for years and give us tremendous info on the dwarf planet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Junior Bonner, post: 2768897, member: 33416"] Well, I understand yall's line of reasoning. But Pluto's orbit is 3 billion miles away and it swings further out during its 280 year circuit around the sun. This may be the only shot we get at Pluto in our lifetimes. Seems to me Pluto's gravity could slow down the probe. Now, if New Horizon strikes something out there in the Kuiper Belt, it's over. Yes, the Kuiper Belt is the Great Mystery, but it is a terrible risk to thrust New Horizon into. The probe could orbit Pluto for years and give us tremendous info on the dwarf planet. [/QUOTE]
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