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Monday, November 5, 2012

Astronomers have discovered a change in color of Pluto


Scientists have observed on Pluto, during many years of computer analysis of the images the telescope "Hubble", strange activity, due to which, in recent years the world has changed color.

Heavenly body began to rapidly turn red, and its northern hemisphere was a little brighter. 


Changes in the color of Pluto experts attribute to changes in the layer of ice that covered the planet. Such changes may be due to the fact that Pluto is included in the next phase of revolution around the Sun, which is a complete cycle, is 248 Earth years.

Pluto - the largest addition to the size of Eris the dwarf planet in the Solar System and the tenth-weight (without satellite) a celestial body orbiting the Sun.

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