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June 2007 Top Stories


»» NASA New Horizons: Full Set of Jupiter Close-Approach Data Reaches Home

NASA New Horizons: Full Set of Jupiter Close-Approach Data Reaches Home [Saturday, June 2, 2007] Like countless others before it, the data packet rode a radio signal more than 500 million miles from the New Horizons spacecraft to Earth, filtering through NASA's largest antennas late last week to mission and science operations center computers.



»» Astronomers Measure Mass of Eris

Astronomers Measure Mass of Eris [Friday, June 15, 2007] Hubble and the W.M. Keck Observatory have precisely measured the mass of Eris, the largest member of a new class of dwarf planets in our solar system. Eris is 1.27 times the mass of Pluto.



»» NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective: Nap Before You Sleep

NASA New Horizons: The PI's Perspective: Nap Before You Sleep [Friday, June 22, 2007] "Since I last wrote in mid-May, New Horizons has continued its traverse down the magnetotail of Jupiter. That final phase of our Jupiter flyby science will conclude tomorrow, on June 21."



»» Hubble Images Help Prepare for Spacecraft Visit to Vesta and Ceres

Hubble Images Help Prepare for Spacecraft Visit to Vesta and Ceres [Friday, June 22, 2007] These Hubble Space Telescope images of Vesta and Ceres show two of the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter. The images are helping astronomers plan for the Dawn spacecraft's tour of these hefty asteroids. 




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