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Old September 3rd 06, 04:17 PM posted to sci.space.moderated
Dav Vandenbroucke
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Default Pluto Memorial

Along Jefferson Drive, on the south side of the National Mall in
Washington DC, there is a series of plaques describing the planets, in
relative distance from one another. Today's Washington Post has an
article about a spontaneous memorial that has sprung up around the
Pluto plaque. People are leaving notes, sympathy cards, and even
flowers, expressing their regret at Pluto's expulsion from the
Planetary Club.:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...090101793.html
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Dav Vandenbroucke
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