Pluto as mysterious today as ever
An Associated Press article on ABC News celebrates this week's 75th anniversary of the discovery of planet Pluto.
Or is it really a planet? Is it formerly a moon of another planet, or another object altogether, such as a comet?
Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930, by Clyde Tombaugh of the Lowell Observatory, during a search for a so-called Planet X.
The article observes that Pluto's eccentric orbit around the sun follows the Kuiper Belt, which may contain as many as 100,000 objects.
Its status as a planet is still very much alive in the public mind. It is the only planet not yet visited by terrestrial spacecraft. And until that happens, Pluto will continue to be a riddle for us to solve.
Or is it really a planet? Is it formerly a moon of another planet, or another object altogether, such as a comet?
Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930, by Clyde Tombaugh of the Lowell Observatory, during a search for a so-called Planet X.
The article observes that Pluto's eccentric orbit around the sun follows the Kuiper Belt, which may contain as many as 100,000 objects.
Its status as a planet is still very much alive in the public mind. It is the only planet not yet visited by terrestrial spacecraft. And until that happens, Pluto will continue to be a riddle for us to solve.
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