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From the New Horizons mission guide:
Science Priorities
Based largely on what the scientific community wanted to learn about Pluto and Charon, NASA prioritized its science goals for Pluto-system exploration in three categories:
Required
• Characterize the global geology and morphology of Pluto and Charon
• Map surface composition of Pluto and Charon
• Characterize the neutral atmosphere of Pluto and its escape rate
Important
• Characterize the time variability of Pluto's surface and atmosphere
• Image Pluto and Charon in stereo
• Map the terminators (day/night lines) of Pluto and Charon in high resolution
• Map the composition of selected areas of Pluto and Charon at high resolution
• Characterize Pluto's ionosphere and solar wind interaction
• Search for neutral species (including hydrocarbons and nitriles) in Pluto's upper atmosphere
• Search for an atmosphere around Charon
• Determine bolometric bond albedos for Pluto and Charon
• Map the surface temperatures on Pluto and Charon
Desired
• Characterize the energetic particle environment of Pluto and Charon
• Refine bulk parameters (radii, masses, densities) and orbits of Pluto and Charon
• Search for magnetic fields of Pluto and Charon
• Search for additional satellites and rings
NASA defines mission success as meeting the "required" objectives. With its full science payload -- three optical instruments, two plasma instruments, a radio science receiver/radiometer and a dust sensor - New Horizons expects to exceed these requirements, meeting or addressing all of the objectives in each category.
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Did any robot visit Pluto?
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What space probe visited Pluto and what year?
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