http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/space-probe-gets-halfway-to-pluto-in-record-time/ alternative views, news & information—online, video and print Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:34:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.disinfo.com/2009/12/space-probe-gets-halfway-to-pluto-in-record-time/comment-page-1/#comment-4873 Laurel Kornfeld Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:34:33 +0000 http://www.disinfo.com/?p=18345#comment-4873 Pluto is not a "former planet"; it is a planet. Please do not blindly accept the controversial demotion by four percent of the IAU, most of whom are not planetary scientists. New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern collected signatures of hundreds of professional astronomers in a formal petition opposing the demotion and is rightly convinced that when New Horizons gets to Pluto, the data will show beyond a doubt that it is a planet. Pluto is not a “former planet”; it is a planet. Please do not blindly accept the controversial demotion by four percent of the IAU, most of whom are not planetary scientists. New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern collected signatures of hundreds of professional astronomers in a formal petition opposing the demotion and is rightly convinced that when New Horizons gets to Pluto, the data will show beyond a doubt that it is a planet.

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