• [PS] Pluto, the Kuiper Belts most famous dwarf planet

    From The Planetary Society via sci.space@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 9 01:56:23 2021
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    Pluto, the Kuiper Belts most famous dwarf planet

    Posted: 08 Jul 2021 09:21 AM PDT
    https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pluto

    Pluto is a dwarf planet and the largest of the Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) —
    a collection of ice-rock bodies found outside Neptune’s orbit.

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    VIPER, NASAs Moon resource mapper

    Posted: 08 Jul 2021 08:10 AM PDT
    https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/viper

    NASA is launching the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, in 2023 to map water on the Moon’s south pole.

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