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Portrait of Pluto and Charon

Target Name:  Charon, Pluto
Spacecraft:  New Horizons
Instrument:  LORRI
Produced by:  NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Copyright: NASA Copyright Free Policy
Cross Reference:  PIA19717
Date Taken:  2015-07-14

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The latest two full-frame images of Pluto and Charon were collected separately by NASA's New Horizons during approach on July 13 and July 14, 2015. The relative reflectivity, size, separation, and orientations of Pluto and Charon are approximated in this composite image, and they are shown in approximate true color.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, designed, built, and operates the New Horizons spacecraft, and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, leads the science team, payload operations and encounter science planning. New Horizons is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

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