Thread: "New Horizons" spacecraft nears Pluto.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

It's also running opensource Linux as windows is too unreliable.

VxWorks is not open source linux.

NH is actually running Nucleus RTOS, not VxWorks.

Originally Posted by Ausfree

I think you might be confusing Eris with Eros which is a minor planet in the Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In my opening post I used the term minor planet incorrectly also.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/433_Eros

Nar, heaps of vids on it ... https://www.google.com.au/search?q=p...I6O7mwXg85m4AQ
I personally love watching these types of vids mate .

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFuA0c0Yfmk[/ame]

In my opening post I used the term minor planet incorrectly also.

strewth!! lol

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Here is another Dwarf Planet called Eris which was discovered in 2005 and is three times as far from the sun as Pluto. I wasn't even aware of its discovery until a few months ago.

ps. It also has a moon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)

there about 4 post-Neptune objects that are larger and more massive than pluto

Thanks for that, interesting vid.

Pluto was no doubt still a proper planet when this spacecraft departed earth.....

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Pluto was no doubt still a proper planet when this spacecraft departed earth.....

my uni text books still have it as a planet.

i have a very very old text book from 1960
pluto was estimated to be more massive than earth and had no moons at the time.

I didnt think it was this big?

yea,, ok,,
worth a shot.