Charon from New Horizons
Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 3 October 2015
Astronomy Picture of the Day yesterday had a stunning view of Pluto’s moon Charon as taken by the New Horizons probe. The moon looks oddly lop-sided, probably due to the shadowing on its side pointing away from the sun:-
That’s a big fissure running right across its middle.
Tags: APOD, Astronomy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Charon, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto
