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    • NEW HORIZONS PLUTO ENCOUNTER ATMOSPHERE DATA V1.0

    Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

    This data set contains derived atmospheric data from the New Horizons mission during the Pluto Encounter mission phase, based on data from the Alice UV imaging spectrograph instrument, the Radio EXperiment instrument, and the LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager instrument. The data set includes a solar spectrum of Pluto and Charon; atmospheric composition on Pluto for N2, CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, and haze, and the haze brightness profiles; Pluto lower atmospheric temperature and pressure profiles; stellar occultation and appulse data of Pluto; and temperatures of the diametric and winter pole thermscans of Pluto. This is VERSION 2.0 of this data set. The stellar occultation and appulse data of Pluto is what is new to this version.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 13, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
    Publisher Small Bodies
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.nh-p-psa-lorri-alice-rex-5-atmos-v2.0;urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.nh-p-psa-lorri-alice-rex-5-atmos-v2.0::1.0
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Planetary Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 18fb398c90cd80ee370550c8aa2be52a67e4976abbf7d789ce08fff0af9d17e1
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