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October 2010 Top Stories
»» Nitrogen, Methane Dominate Icy Surface of Eris
[Sunday, October 10, 2010] A team of scientists has revealed that the frozen surface of Eris, the largest-known dwarf planet orbiting the Sun, is predominantly covered in nitrogen ice, similar to the surface of Pluto.
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»» Reaching the Mid-Mission Milestone on the Way to Pluto
[Tuesday, October 19, 2010] On Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3:24 Universal Time, we passed the halfway mark in the number of days from launch to Pluto encounter - the last of our halfway milestones en route to Pluto! From here, we have fewer days in front of us than behind us.
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»» Kuiper Belt of Many Colors
[Thursday, October 28, 2010] The 1,000 objects so far directly imaged in the Kuiper Belt -- that swath of icy bodies circling around the Sun with Pluto -- appear to be a wide range of colors: red, blue, and white.
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»» AAS email: Plutonium 238 Production: An Ongoing Issue for Washington
[Thursday, October 28, 2010] A joint report from the NASA Administrator and the Secretary of Energy is due 120 after the enactment of the Act, which was signed into law on Oct. 11, 2010. The report should therefore be delivered no later than Feb. 8, 2010.
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