Henry Roe gave a too short but very interesting presentation at a
Lowell Observatory event last night. One image in particular that I
found fascinating was created by Alex Parker. It shows the relative
sizes of all known trans Neptunian objects. Alex has created a couple of
similar pictures which are equally interesting.
If you're following the New Horizons mission, there are a lot of good
links on Henry's website. Set some time aside, as you may find yourself
lost in them for quite a while. It will only get better as the
spacecraft gets closer to the Plutonian system (and for months after
closest approach, since it will take a while for all the data to
transfer back to Earth at 2 kbaud).
-- Mike --
Links:
Henry's site:
http://pluto.hroe.me
Alex Parker's spirals:
TNO:
https://twitter.com/Alex_Parker/status/588059790229798912/photo/1
Exoplanets and planets:
https://twitter.com/Alex_Parker/status/588423951308566528/photo/1
Planets, satellites, TNO:
https://twitter.com/Alex_Parker/status/588444289169956864/photo/1
Scroll down for links to full-size (3000x3000) originals.
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