Computer Modeling Illustrations of Pluto's Moon Nix (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Computer Modeling Illustrations of Pluto's Moon Nix

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This set of computer modeling illustrations of Pluto's moon Nix shows how the orientation of the moon changes unpredictably as it orbits the 'double planet' Pluto-Charon.

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Courtesy of NASA/ESA/M. Showalter (SETI)/G. Bacon (STScI)

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