Pluto False Color (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Pluto False Color

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To follow up on NASA's New Horizons mission that revealed Pluto's 'heart,' SwRI is studying a new Pluto orbiter mission for NASA. SwRI has shown it is possible to orbit Pluto and then escape orbit to tour additional dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt Objects.

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NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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