I'm glad I'm not the only one who still calls it a planet :) > … until its closest approach – about 7,767 miles (12,500 kilometers) from the planet – on July 1

I'm glad I'm not the only one who still calls it a planet :) > … until its closest approach – about 7,767 miles (12,500 kilometers) from the planet – on July 14, 2015 > But by the time New Horizons sails through the Pluto system in mid-2015, the planet and its moons will be so close that the spacecraft’s cameras will spot features as small as a football field.