"Pluto is dead" - Mike Brown, It's official |
"Pluto is dead" - Mike Brown, It's official |
Aug 24 2006, 01:58 PM
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Aug 24 2006, 03:26 PM
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We discussed this earlier, and this triggered a conversation with one friend with a nice astronomical interest some time later (He's not a full fledged space buff, but well infomed).
And his view was already then that Pluto should be demoted for the simple reason that Pluto cross the orbit of Neptune. As for me I kept the view that Pluto should remain a planet for 'historical reasons' even though my hesitation had grown somewhat. I think I had a problem of demoting a planet since I have grown up with the idea that Pluto are one planet. Now the verdict are in, I live with it. Pluto are still there, whatever it is called. Yet like some already have hinted, it might have been hard to get a mission underway if Pluto was not seen as part of the planetary family. So its the best of both worlds..... Pluto and Charon thats it! |
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