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March
12 2008 (PNN) Correspondent Laurel Kornfeld
was recently interviewed on
The
recording is through the "Contours" program and occurs in the middle
of the broadcast, about 17 and a half minutes in.
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PLANET PLUTO EXPO!
Tombaugh Birthplace to celebrate Planet Pluto
May 12 2007 (PNN/Pantagraph.com) Tourism officials in
Adults are invited to hear
On May 19, the expo will move to the Knights of
Columbus Hall on
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IT’S OFFICIAL: PLUTO IS A PLANET
March 13, 2007 (PNN) As expected, The New Mexico State Legislature passed House
Joint Memorial 54, which fully recognizes Pluto’s Planetary status and
proclaims that March 13, 2007, be declared “Pluto Planet Day.” Seeking to
preserve the legacy of Clyde Tombaugh, the longtime New Mexican who discovered
the ninth planet, the measure passed New
Mexico's House of Representatives, 70-0. Among those in the gallery when
the measure was passed was Patsy Tombaugh, the 94-year-old widow of Clyde, and
his daughter, Annette Tombaugh-Sitze — both of
"In a way, it's saying that the state is
supporting the fact it should be a planet," said Patsy Tombaugh,
"I think it's nice they did that." Some of Clyde Tombaugh's ashes are
on board the New
Horizons spacecraft, which set out for Pluto in early 2006. It's scheduled
to pass by Pluto in 2015. Patsy Tombaugh talked about the movement among many
astronomers to grant Pluto back its planetary status, and she says "It
will always be a planet to me — no matter what they decide to do."
Tombaugh-Sitze said her
father would have been pleased with the House's move. "I'm thrilled,"
she said. "It brings back a little of Pluto's dignity." Patsy
Tombaugh said the House memorial gives recognition not only to her late husband,
but also to
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March 13th To Be Declared “Planet Pluto Day”
March 8, 2007 (PNN) The State of
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Plutonian Receives Major NASA Appointment
Dr. Alan
Stern To Lead
February 14, 2007 (SPX/PNN) Dr. S. Alan Stern, an outspoken
critic of the International
Astronomical Union’s
fraudulent redefinition of the word “planet,” has been named NASA's Associate
Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate. In his new position,
Stern will direct a wide variety of research and scientific exploration
programs for Earth studies, space weather, the solar system and the universe
beyond. In addition, he will manage a broad spectrum of grant-based research
programs and spacecraft projects to study Earth and the universe.
Last August, when the IAU issued the ruling that attempted to strip
Pluto of its planetary status, Dr. Stern called the ruling “Sloppy
Science” and “Embarrassing.” In an interview with Deborah Byrd from EarthSky.org last month, Dr. Stern called
the IAU’s new definition of a planet “Indefensible.”
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NEW HORIZONS PROJECT
RELEASES NEW PROMO
“Movie Trailer” look and
feel a new direction for NASA
February 14, 2007 (SpaceRef.com/PNN) The New Horizons Project has released a new video, one that is a radical departure from NASA’s staid and sterile animations of the past. The video is made to look like a Movie Trailer, but instead of being a preview to an upcoming film, in this case it is a preview of New Horizon’s trip to the Planets Jupiter and Pluto, and into the Kuiper Belt.
Mike Buckley, Kerri Beisser and others at APL put this video together. The person behind the New Horizons mission is PI Alan Stern - soon to be the new Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator at NASA Headquarters. Are videos like this a preview of things to come? Click here to see the video.
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SURVEY SAYS: KEEP PLUTO
Kids Say 'Keep Pluto the Ninth Planet!' in Discovery
Channel Store Survey
September 18, 2006
(PRNewswire/PNN) The
votes are in and the kids of
The unofficial survey generated
more than 15,000 votes in Discovery Channel Stores and on Discoverystore.com. More than 13,000
were cast in favor of Pluto remaining in the family of nine planets, compared
to less than 2,000 who voted to support the decision by the IAU.
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FRIENDS OF PLUTO PROTEST IAU DECISION
“SIZE DOESN’T MATTER”
September 2, 2006 (AP/PNN) Friends and colleagues of the
late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto, gathered
on the
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ASTRONOMERS REJECT DEMOTION OF PLUTO
August 31, 2006 (PNN) Hundreds
of Planetary Scientists and Astronomers have signed a special petition
denouncing the IAU’s flawed definition of the word
“Planet” and are pledging not to use it! In a press
release announcing the petition, organizer Dr. Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute in
Press
Release announcing the Petition
Petition Protesting
the IAU Planet Definition
Selected Links:
BBC NEWS |
Science/Nature | Pluto vote 'hijacked' in revolt
NASA expert
blasts Pluto demotion - The Times of India
Society for the Preservation of
Pluto as a Planet
They Demoted Pluto –
Jimmy and the Keyz
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