Saturday, February 05, 2011

The Battle Of The Planets Continues

Anyone who - like me - has been interested in the fairly recent demotion of Pluto to "dwarf planet" status will want to read this article, in which the actual diameter of Eris, the dwarf planet discovery that provided such a knockout punch to Pluto's planetary aspirations, is being called into question. It's all very fascinating to those us who find all the stuff "out there" at least as intriguing as what's going on "down here."

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