Pluto’s moon Nix (left), shown here in enhanced color, has a reddish spot that has attracted the interest of mission scientists. At the time the observations were taken New Horizons was about 102,000 miles from Nix. The image shows features as small as approximately 2 miles across on Nix, which is estimated to be 26 miles long and 22 miles wide.
Pluto’s moon Nix (left), shown here in enhanced color, has a reddish spot that has attracted the interest of mission scientists. At the time the observations were taken New Horizons was about 102,000 miles from Nix. The image shows features as small as approximately 2 miles across on Nix, which is estimated to be 26 miles long and 22 miles wide.
