Pluto Flyby

It is done. The probe New Horizons has flown by the moon Charon and dwarf planet Pluto.  It has taken amazing photos of both.  More photos will be coming tomorrow.  It will take nearly a year for all data from the probe to reach Earth so that it can be studied.  So far we know Pluto is mostly reddish like Mars, but has other colors to it.  It is roughly less than half the size of the United States of America and smaller than our own Moon.

The flyby has excited the world, especially scientists who hardly slept awaiting the images from New Horizons.  Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson had a party at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan; a place I have loved since I was in elementary school.  Bill Nye the science guy was also gathered with scientists celebrating the flyby. I myself did not get any sleep monitoring NASA's site and accounts.  It is a wonderful time in my opinion.  The United States of America is the ONLY nation to have visited every known planet in the Solar System.  USA! USA! USA!  However, this celebration also includes the rest of the world.

The images and data from New Horizons will give us more insight into this mysterious planet.  In one of the images, the "heart" on Pluto looks like the Disney cartoon dog by the same name!    Here are some of the photos, enjoy God's creation:

Apparently Pluto has 'Pluto' on its surface pic.twitter.com/AHsVmrIGMm

— Sacerdotus (@Sacerdotus) July 14, 2015

Dwarf planets #FTW. Congrats to @NewHorizons2015 on #PlutoFlyby! Meanwhile, on #Ceres... http://t.co/0UqWBuz1Xi pic.twitter.com/10GAD7QSJA

— NASA's Dawn Mission (@NASA_Dawn) July 14, 2015

What a difference 85 years makes. More milestones in Pluto's discovery: http://t.co/bs8r95Krdc #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/jjTT8BYNOU

— Science News (@ScienceNews) July 14, 2015

As I approached #Pluto, it was a big red object in the sky. Now it's a thin crescent, more in shadow. #PlutoFlyBy pic.twitter.com/B8hCvPmRAM

— NASA New Horizons (@NASANewHorizons) July 14, 2015

We made it to Pluto - we think. Why there's tension in the joy at New Horizons mission control http://t.co/LI6ISZ4Ckx pic.twitter.com/U8hEY40ITd

— New Scientist (@newscientist) July 14, 2015

In case you wondering... Here's Pluto and its moon Charon compared to Earth #PlutoFlyby http://t.co/WyFk8hhfIN pic.twitter.com/aiMswsylPQ

— NASA360 (@NASA360) July 14, 2015

Three months ago, this was the best picture we had of Pluto. It looks very different today http://t.co/Sux75CTzfR pic.twitter.com/NjL6qfYrtY

— Indy Tech (@IndyTech) July 14, 2015

Hello #Pluto! We’re at closest approach. Congrats to all! Follow our story & view new images using #PlutoFlyby. pic.twitter.com/8JVlJrcUkY

— NASA New Horizons (@NASANewHorizons) July 14, 2015

Hello #Pluto! We’re at closest approach. Congrats to all! Follow our story & view new images using #PlutoFlyby. pic.twitter.com/8JVlJrcUkY

— NASA New Horizons (@NASANewHorizons) July 14, 2015

Who's ready for history? One hour to #PlutoFlyby! Follow the hashtag and http://t.co/u5GRT8Pdnr! https://t.co/Hg7WOWKo9x

— CanadianSpaceAgency (@csa_asc) July 14, 2015

I'm 109,009 miles/175433.0km from Charon snapping shots with LORRI hi-res cam at 0.5 mile per pixel res! #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/eQ93r38rE2

— NASA New Horizons (@NASANewHorizons) July 14, 2015

#Pluto is psychedelic http://t.co/c0aZoeQrUK pic.twitter.com/FmdoATejMR

— New Scientist (@newscientist) July 14, 2015

Source:

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-celebrates-new-horizons-closest-approach-to-pluto

http://www.newsweek.com/new-horizons-pluto-flyby-draws-crowd-including-neil-degrasse-tyson-museum-353641

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/new-horizons-pluto-fly-by-live-blog/