First Stellar Occultations Shed Additional Light on Pluto Atmosphere

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute2016-05-18

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This illustration shows how NASA New Horizons Alice ultraviolet spectrometer instrument watched as two bright ultraviolet stars passed behind Pluto and its atmosphere.

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Title: First Stellar Occultations Shed Additional Light on Pluto Atmosphere
Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Date Created: 2016-05-18
Rights: JPL
Album: kboggs

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