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18 years 10 months ago #13797 by dmcdona
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Here's an animation of Pluto moving on its merry way around the solar system. Well, one day's worth of motion...

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Dave McD

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18 years 10 months ago #13798 by voyager
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Nice!

Just to put it into perspective, what is the scale of that image and how long is there between the frames? (Just trying ot get my head round the speed it is moving at).

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18 years 10 months ago #13799 by dmcdona
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Hi Bart

Pluto moved about 1.5 arcminutes in approx 24 hrs (the time between images). The image is about 8 arcmins wide.

The moon is about 30 arcminutes diameter - so it would take Pluto about 20 days to cover the distance of the diameter of a full moon...

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18 years 10 months ago #13800 by michaeloconnell
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Cool! Nice one Dave!

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18 years 10 months ago #13803 by John OBrien
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Nice. How fast do the moons orbit?
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18 years 10 months ago #13804 by Seanie_Morris
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Well done Dave! Going to go for a 3rd?
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