Pluto's Surface Composition
Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall.
The Ralph instrument detected frozen methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide on Pluto
Spectra from the Ralph instrument reveal variations in methane ice abundance on Pluto
A false-color image of Pluto made by combining LORRI and Ralph data
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Credits
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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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Project support
- Marit Jentoft-Nilsen
- Amy Moran (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Writer
- Heather Hanson (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, July 27, 2015.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:28 AM EST.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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[New Horizons: Ralph]
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[New Horizons: Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI)]
ID: 888
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