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NEW HORIZONS PLUTO ENCOUNTER SURFACE COMPOSITION MAPS V1.0

Published by Small Bodies | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: September 01, 2026 at 11:54 PM | Dataset Last Updated: September 01, 2026
The New Horizons Pluto Encounter Surface Composition data set contains map data from the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera instrument and the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array instrument on New Horizons during the Pluto encounter mission phase. Color, albedo, and absorption map data products are included for the CH4, N2, CO, and H2O species. This is VERSION 1.0 of this data set.

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