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> Now maybe you can do that with Pluto using some far-off star for reference, not sure. It has been done for Pluto, first in 1988, with an occultation of a bac
by privong 11y ago
> Now maybe you can do that with Pluto using some far-off star for reference, not sure.
It has been done for Pluto, first in 1988, with an occultation of a background star[0].
[0] http://www.space.com/29885-pluto-atmosphere-to-be-revealed-by-nasa-new-horizons-spacecraft.html http://www.space.com/29885-pluto-atmosphere-to-be-revealed-b...
- goodcanadian 11y agoAnd most recently with SOFIA at the end of June: https://sofia.usra.edu/News/news_2015/06_29_15/index.html https://sofia.usra.edu/News/news_2015/06_29_15/index.html This will help tie in past and future occultation observations to the New Horizons data.