Talk:1532: New Horizons

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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)

= 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

  1. Related tweet: As @NASANewHorizons gets closer, our view of #Pluto gets better and better!.
  2. Related link: NASA’s New Horizons Sees More Detail as It Draws Closer to Pluto.
  3. NASA Dawn Team

--Arturotena (talk) 06:34, 1 June 2015 (UTC)