Talk:1532: New Horizons
Revision as of 11:53, 1 June 2015 by 108.162.238.192 (talk)
Anyone know why the text on the comic was heavily aliased (pixelated edges), although it's since been fixed on the xkcd website? Keavon (talk) 07:45, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
- Probably a bad setting on the PNG compression by Randall when saving. Maybe he's trying to optimize file size (although in this case, the quality suffered). --BigMal // 108.162.238.192 11:53, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
= Slingshot maneuver
It uses the gravity of a planet to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft. Reference I guess Steve miscalculated the maneuver. --Arturotena (talk) 06:41, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
= References
- Related tweet: As @NASANewHorizons gets closer, our view of #Pluto gets better and better!.
- Related link: NASA’s New Horizons Sees More Detail as It Draws Closer to Pluto.
- NASA Dawn Team
--Arturotena (talk) 06:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
