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The 16 pages that link to New Horizons, each with the reason it gives.

• Kuiper beltRelated: Its flybys provided the first close observations of Kuiper belt worlds.

• PlutoRelated: Its observations supplied the detailed images and measurements behind modern knowledge of Pluto.

• Radioisotope thermoelectric generatorBroader topic: Its generator enabled a distant, fast-moving mission where solar arrays would provide little power.

• Trans-Neptunian objectRelated: Its encounters revealed surface geology and composition at two trans-Neptunian objects.

• CharonRelated: Its flyby provided the first close-up images and detailed measurements of Charon.

• Clyde TombaughRelated: Its encounter transformed Tombaugh’s faint photographic discovery into a mapped world.

• Deep-space communicationBroader topic: Its distant flybys required transmitting large scientific datasets over exceptionally weak links.

• Oberth effectBroader topic: Its launch included a high-speed departure burn that illustrates the value of the Oberth effect.

• Atmosphere of PlutoRelated: Its instruments directly examined atmospheric composition, temperature, escape, and haze.

• Rings of JupiterRelated: Its Jupiter flyby supplied additional observations of the rings.

• ArrokothRelated: Its 2019 flyby supplied nearly all detailed knowledge of Arrokoth.

• Pioneer programRelated: Pioneer's long-range reconnaissance helped establish the value of sending spacecraft to distant worlds.

• IAU definition of planetRelated: Its observations revealed Pluto as a complex world after the IAU had reclassified it.

• Moons of PlutoRelated: Its observations transformed the four small moons from faint points into studied worlds.

• Discovery and exploration of the Solar SystemBroader topic: Its encounter revealed Pluto's complex geology and extended reconnaissance into the Kuiper belt.

• Jane LuuRelated: Spacecraft exploration later examined members of the distant population Luu's work helped establish.