Techie Taffy
PAROMITA PAIN
So it's official now that Pluto isn't in the exalted league of planets anymore. While this has spawned many "Pluto is still a planet" societies, Techie wanted to know some more about this fascinating planet before taking a stand. Delving into how Pluto was discovered and became a planet was a fascinating experience.
Did you know that "Today Pluto remains the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft, yet an increasing amount of information is unfolding about this peculiar planet" — visit http://www.solarviews.com/eng/pluto.htm for more. An excellent resource for Pluto statistics, the page is a simple listing of useful info, easy to read with some poetry to pep things up.
Considered a dwarf planet the site http://www.nineplanets.org/pluto.html says, Pluto was discovered in 1930 by a fortunate accident. The web page at http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/pluto/features.html is non fussy but has colourful explanations of Pluto's position and characteristics. Those interested to know more can read the full article here at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/science/space/25pluto.html?ex=1172030400&en=cfe4d03207c823f2&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNpluto
On most earth based telescopes Pluto is but a dot says the http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/pluto/pluto.html page.
In your quest to know more about Pluto don't miss the Wiki pages at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto. They have links to the important ideas mentioned in the article.
The astronomy for kids and ... supervised adults at http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/pluto/ is a wonderful site for all astronomy buffs. It says Pluto is "is very, very cold and exceptionally dark". Not quite the best place to hang out now, isn't it?
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