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Pluto system family portrait

Posted: 22.11.2006, 11:06
by chris
I was making some adjustments to the orbits of Pluto's recently discovered satellites Nix and Hydra and noticed that it's not that uncommon for them to both end up in a line with Pluto and Charon. Here's a screenshot of such a conjunction that will occur on 14 Apr 2007:

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--Chris

Posted: 27.11.2006, 01:36
by ElChristou
BTW, will Celestia keep Pluto as the ninth planet ?