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Old 01-05-2010, 02:36 PM   #343
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I really like this page for showing the scale of our solar system. I think this really puts it into perspective, even better than the video can. The video is still awesome though.

http://www.phrenopolis.com/perspective/solarsystem/
This shows the current position of New Horizons, on the way to Pluto (2015):

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php

Pluto Closest Approach In:

2015 days
14 hours
10 minutes
11 seconds

16.47 km/s, relative to the sun

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