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Message 1610459 - Posted: 7 Dec 2014, 16:05:40 UTC

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... hibernation... I could do that... *pull brain out of reverie* YAY!! Exciting news, Thanks for the links CC and Chris :)
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Message 1610589 - Posted: 7 Dec 2014, 23:30:37 UTC

One has to wonder what strange things New Horizons will discover as it approaches Pluto.
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Message 1610689 - Posted: 8 Dec 2014, 7:58:42 UTC

Keep awaiting the rendevue on July 14, 2015. ;)


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Message 1611014 - Posted: 8 Dec 2014, 22:26:53 UTC - in response to Message 1610689.  

How many moons does Pluto have?? Last time thought there were 5.

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Message 1611201 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 7:30:00 UTC

It will be such an exciting moment to see the first pics of the planet!
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Message 1611225 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 9:04:22 UTC - in response to Message 1611217.  

Five (known!) moons:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Pluto

Imagine the moonrise(s)!

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Charon never rises or sets, She always has the same position in Pluto's sky and a big ass Moon she is as well in proportion to Pluto! Imagine if they could take pics of that!
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Message 1611409 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 23:40:57 UTC - in response to Message 1611231.  

Five (known!) moons

Thanks CC :-)

I hope they find more.
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