Planetary Society Blog for Friday 8 August 2014

Planetary Society Blog

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Twinkling worlds in motion: New Horizons' first optical navigation images
of Pluto and Charon

Posted: 07 Aug 2014 12:31 PM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...in-motion.html

What's that in the distance? A binary star? Those are two little round
worlds dancing in circles, whirling around a point in space located between
the two of them. It's Pluto and Charon, clearly separated by New Horizons'
camera.

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Comet Siding Spring: Risk Assessment

Posted: 07 Aug 2014 11:29 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest...ssessment.html

On October 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring is going to have an extremely
close encounter with the planet Mars. The bottom line: it seems most likely
that our Martian spacecraft will be absolutely fine.

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Watch a Recap of LightSail's Live LightSail Launch Announcement

Posted: 07 Aug 2014 08:14 AM PDT
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason...ouncement.html

Watch a recap of The Planetary Society's live LightSail Launch
Announcement, which took place July 9 at the KPCC Crawford Family Forum.