Scott Tremaine, “Astrophysical Wonders” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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What Is the Point of a New Definition of Pluto?
The way that the whole pluto thing was framed for me was, well, it's somewhat arbitrary. There'rs some bigger objects ar not some bigger objects. And in fact, he didn't even have have that level of communication. One day they thought pluto was a planet. The next day it somehow didn't measure up. It wasn't good enough. A whereas it's it seems like this would have been a good opportunity to tie into our understanding ofof this development in astrophysics and astronomy.
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