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Space Topics: Pluto and Charon

Pluto and Charon Links

Best overviews:
The Nine Planets
Wikipedia
New Horizons Mission: What We Know About Pluto, Charon, and the Kuiper Belt
Pluto, the Ninth Planet, by Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory)
Welcome to Pluto, by Fran Bagenal (University of Colorado)

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Best images:
Hubble Space Telescope
Keck II AO Spectral Observations and Image
New Horizons Mission: Pluto & Charon Family Album
Mapping the Surface of Pluto and Charon, by Marc Buie (Lowell Observatory)