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Planet Or Not, Icy Pluto To Finally Get Its Day In The Sun

A portrait of Pluto (right) and its moon Charon in a colorized, composite image made July 11 during the final approach of the New Horizons spacecraft. Astronomers are eager to get a much closer view of the icy world Tuesday. (NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI)
A portrait of Pluto (right) and its moon Charon in a colorized, composite image made July 11 during the final approach of the New Horizons spacecraft. Astronomers are eager to get a much closer view of the icy world Tuesday. (NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI)

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