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Emily Lakdawalla wrote a great timeline here. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/what-to-expect-new-horizons-mu69-ultima-thule.html http://www
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Emily Lakdawalla wrote a great timeline here. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/what-to-expect-new-horizons-mu69-ultima-thule.html http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/what-to...
The best shots won't be for a while, but hopefully the team received some informative images today or tonight and will be able to share them at tomorrow's press conference. As she notes, there is a chance that the first downloads will miss Ultima Thule entirely. The encounter was just that difficult.
As for LORRI and Ralph, can't we call them both "primary?" Only Ralph produces color images, so most color shots of Pluto are Ralph's (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/639/the-frozen-canyons-of-plutos-north-pole/?category=planets/dwarf-planets_pluto https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/639/the-frozen-canyon...).
LORRI has higher resolution, which is why some of the most stunning shots of Pluto are black and white (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/652/plutos-majestic-mountains-frozen-plains-and-foggy-hazes/?category=planets/dwarf-planets_pluto https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/652/plutos-majestic-m...).
Some images were produced by "painting" Ralph's colors onto LORRI's high resolution features (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/699/pluto-dazzles-in-false-color/?category=planets/dwarf-planets_pluto https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/699/pluto-dazzles-in-...).