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Is PLUTO making a comeback to be a planet again?



 
 
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Old October 8th 14, 01:40 PM posted to alt.astronomy
Tony Lance[_13_]
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Hi Saul,
Alan Stern is one of the top guys on the New Horizons 2015 mission to Pluto.
The Bruce Murray Space Image Library
Every round object in the solar system, to scale (widescreen)
I counted them: 134. Tony Lance (with Pluto)
http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/...screen840.html
Thank you,
Tony Lance

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On Friday, 3 October 2014 01:18:55 UTC+1, News wrote:
"The IAU should never have pretended to have the expertise to enter into

this debate. It's a matter for planetary scientists, not astronomers."

--Alan Stern, investigator for the New Horizons spacecraft mission to Pluto

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Old October 8th 14, 01:52 PM posted to alt.astronomy
Tony Lance[_13_]
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Hi Saul,
They had a Q and A session on Reddit on 6th October 2014, with Alan Stern and
all the top guys on New Horizons 2015. There were over 350 postings and 27000
people listened in by reading the postings live. Check it out.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...2F&h=0AQFDwKpe
Thank you,
Tony Lance

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On Friday, 3 October 2014 01:18:55 UTC+1, News wrote:
"The IAU should never have pretended to have the expertise to enter into

this debate. It's a matter for planetary scientists, not astronomers."

--Alan Stern, investigator for the New Horizons spacecraft mission to Pluto

(launched Jan. 19, 2006)

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Old October 8th 14, 02:04 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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On 10/2/2014 8:18 PM, News wrote:


Pluto is a gay planet.




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Old October 8th 14, 08:02 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 6:04:37 AM UTC-7, HVAC wrote:
On 10/2/2014 8:18 PM, News wrote:





Pluto is a gay planet.









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Cut off one head, two more shall take its place.

HAIL HYDRA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZcG5UOY224


we just found an asteroid twice the size of Pluto out there, this week. so does this mean Pluto's happiness is in jeopardy ?
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Old October 8th 14, 09:25 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 12:02:04 PM UTC-7, Arc Michael wrote:

we just found an asteroid twice the size of Pluto out there, this week. so does this mean Pluto's happiness is in jeopardy ?


And what asteroid would that be? Can you provide a reference?
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Old October 9th 14, 07:58 PM posted to alt.astronomy
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On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:02:04 PM UTC-4, Arc Michael wrote:
On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 6:04:37 AM UTC-7, HVAC wrote:

On 10/2/2014 8:18 PM, News wrote:












Pluto is a gay planet.




















--




Cut off one head, two more shall take its place.




HAIL HYDRA!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZcG5UOY224




we just found an asteroid twice the size of Pluto out there, this week. so does this mean Pluto's happiness is in jeopardy ?


Who is this "we"?
 




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