Thursday, August 24, 2006

Kicking Pluto out of the planethood

Clyde Tombaugh is credited with discovering the planet Pluto. But today's headlines say it's no longer considered one.

From an article on msn.com:


"The public is not going to be excited by the fact that Pluto has been kicked out," Brown said. "But it's the right thing to do."

The astronomy building at my alma mater is named after Mr. Tombaugh because he taught there for many years. There's an elementary school named after him!!!!!!!

What do you tell the children?

I am no scientist but really can a planet be downsized??

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