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New Horizons Probe: Projected Post-Pluto Path

Try saying that with a gob-stopper in your mouth!
This is a pretty nice animation made from data of the Kuiper Belt objects which are currently candidates for the New Horizons spacecraft to fly-by after it’s been to Pluto.

The source blog post from The Planetary Society with full details is here: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2013-01-25-kuiper-belt-objects-submitted.html

If you just want the animation on its own, here it is:

New Horizons Mission: Kuiper Belt Fly-Through from Alex Parker on Vimeo.

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