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"Naming Pluto"...a film review

Clyde Tombaugh




- Prairie State Government Declares Pluto A Planet
This will make some people happy. "Illinois restores Pluto's planetary status" 13 March is Pluto Day, senate declares by Lester Haines March 6th, 2009 The Register The State of Illinois has decided it's unhappy with Pluto's 2006 expulsion...

- Pluto, Tyson, Cnn Lecture
From CNN: "The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet" Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about the controversy over re-classifying Pluto as a comet. New York's American Museum of Natural History, where this talk was held, was the...

- "pluto A Planet" Poll
Should Pluto be considered a planet? Yes....9 [90%] No....1 [10%] Just a guess, but I would bet that those voted "Yes" are lay persons and not bona fide astronomers. Such controversy. Simply put...if the astronomers wish to redefine the characteristics...

- Tyson, Weintraub, Tombaugh & Pluto
Clyde Tombaugh Alan Boyle, MSNBC's science reporter, discusses Neil deGrasse Tyson's book The Pluto Files and David Weintraub's book Is Pluto a Planet? There is also an interview with Clyde Tombaugh [including video clips]. MSNBC Tyson's...

- "the Pluto Files" By Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson ISBN-10: 0393065200 ISBN-13: 978-0393065206 Well, Mr. Tyson may be stepping on some toes here. A review by Manuela Hoelterhoff, "Pluto's Enemy Speaks; Lady Comet Hunter: Manuela Hoelterhoff", appeared at...



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