Pluto and beyond.

• Autores: Michael D. Lemonick
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 311, Nº. 5, 2014, págs. 46-53
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses space probes that are getting close-up looks at comets, asteroids, and dwarf planets from the Kuiper belt, revealing how the origin of the solar system. Topics include the study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Rosetta space probe, the study of the dwarf planet Pluto by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) New Horizons probe, and a historical overview of the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud.