A probe named New Horizons was launched on January 21, 2006 to explore the only unexplored of the solar system, Pluto.Its on a trek of 9 and 1/2 years and is the fastest object to ever leave the earth's atmosphere at 58000km/h or 16km/sec.New Horizons is the size of a toy piano. It'll slingshot off Jupiter's gravity to add another 145000km/h boost.If successful, the probe will reach Pluto, and Charon, its largest moon, in July 2015.The ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, the asronomer who discovered Pluto have been placed aboard New Horizons.
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