Thursday, February 18, 2010
Happy birthday Pluto...
discovered 80 years ago
on this date. Earlier this month NASA released the most
detailed images of the distant and diminutive body
ever acquired (click to enlarge).
While it's no longer classified as a planet, it is the largest object in the
Kuiper belt
. Learn more about Pluto
here
. And here's a
previous related post
.
Image credit: Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
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