Title : Pluto / Charon Wobbly Dance Proves It's A Double Planet | Video Duration : 01:05 Posted : 19 Mar 2016 - 14:05
Pluto / Charon Wobbly Dance Proves It's A Double Planet | Video
NASA's New Horizon probe watched Charon and Pluto orbit a common center of mass that lies outside either body. Each full revolution takes 6.4 Earth days. The first image was snapped 126 million miles out; the last was ~5 million miles closer. Full Story: http://goo.gl/wXSVsC Credit: NASA/APL/Southwest Research Institute/mash mix: Space.com
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