The Man-Made Probe First Time To Fly Close To Pluto

United States, "New Horizons" spacecraft in US Eastern Time at 7:49 on the 14th flew close to Pluto, became the first probe Fengyun distant dwarf planet human detector.

"Hello Pluto! We are the nearest places with each other," "New Horizons" spacecraft flew at Pluto in Twitter website "Post" he said. According to reports, the nearest time, "New Horizons" Pluto number about 12,500 km.

"New Horizons" spacecraft launched in January 2006, after more than nine years to travel long distances, and finally Pluto "meeting." NASA video footage showed the ground control center, many people shed tears of excitement.

Because Pluto probe from Earth has never been visited up close, "New Horizons" No. "see" everything to will be recorded. Since then, the probe will move into the solar system's Kuiper belt edge mystery here may hide small objects thousands of frozen rock.

Pluto in 1930 for the first time entered the human field of vision, it has been used as the first nine planets of the solar system. But the International Astronomical Union in 2006 to redefine the planet, Pluto "were demoted" dwarf planet. Pluto is very small and far away from the Earth, people know little about it.