Artwork of Pluto Seen from Charon F011/7879

Artwork of Pluto Seen from Charon

Código da imagem : F011/7879
Dimensões : 6.000 X 3.375 pixels
Orientação : horizontal

Data do upload no fornecedor : 16/07/2015
Tamanho máximo não comprimido : 57,9MB

Pauta:	Artwork of Pluto Seen from Charon
Título:	Artwork of Pluto Seen from Charon
Descrição:	An artist's impression of the dwarf planet Pluto as it might appear from the surface of its biggest natural satellite, Charon. The New Horizons probe has revealed that Pluto is a ruddy red colour. In this depiction, Pluto's phase is new - i.e. the Sun is directly behind it. Therefore Pluto is only visible by the faint sunlight that Charon reflects onto it from the Sun. Because Pluto and Charon are tidally locked, they keep the same face towards each other at all times, as the Moon does to the Earth. So if one stood on Charon (or Pluto) the other world would stay fixed in the sky - never setting or rising, but still cycling through its phases. And if one were on the wrong hemisphere of Pluto (or Charon) one would never see the other world.
Coleção:	Science Photo Library
Crédito:	MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Fotoarena
Disponibilidade:	imediata
Direito de uso:	Royalty Free
Autorização do(a) modelo:	não
Autorização da propriedade:	não

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