New Horizons
NASA probe that visited Pluto and Kuiper belt object 486958 Arrokoth
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Summary
New Horizons is a flyby probe[1]. It draws 9,315 Wikipedia views per month (flyby probe category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[3]
- Followed by: Juno[4]
- Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory[5]
- Part of: New Frontiers program[6]
- Commons category: New Horizons[7]
- Space launch vehicle: Atlas V 551[8]
- Country of origin: United States[9]
- Powered by: GPHS-RTG[10]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: January 19, 2006[11]
- Significant event: rocket launch[12], flyby[13], planetary flyby[14]
- Official website: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/[15], https://newhorizons.jhuapl.edu/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:New Horizons[17]
- Commons gallery: New Horizons[18]
- Launch contractor: International Launch Services[19]
- Space tug: Star 48[20]
- Carries scientific instrument: Ralph[21], Alice[22], REX[23], Long Range Reconnaissance Imager[24], Solar Wind Around Pluto[25], Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation[26], Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter[27]
- Topic has template: Template:New Horizons[28]
- Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41[29]
- Mass: 478[30], 401[31], 29.62[32], 76.8[33]
- Distance from Earth: 33[34], 40.9[35], 41.7[36], 58.96[37]
- Social media followers: 393,641[38], 394,397[39], 11,400[40], 396,346[41], 390,065[42], 11,300[43], 11,200[44], 11,100[45]
Why It Matters
New Horizons has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
It is credited with the discovery of 2011 HM102[48], an asteroid[49]; Ripley[50], an impact crater[51]; and Nasreddin Crater[52], an impact crater[53].
FAQs
What did New Horizons discover?
New Horizons is credited as discoverer of 2011 HM102[48], Ripley[50], and Nasreddin Crater[52].