New Horizons arrives at Neptune on a 25-year anniversary!

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Today the New Horizons probe to the planet Pluto crosses the orbit of the planet Neptune. By a “cosmic coincidence”, this is exactly 25 years since Voyager 2 took close-up pictures of Neptune and its satellite Triton.

For more see http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/passingplanets/passingPlanets_current.php

New Horizons current position is shown at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php

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