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Article: Is solar system goofy without planet Pluto?: Opportunity for discussion.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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Byline: Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Aug. 25--While the concept of an eight-planet solar system might unsettle some who grew up making science class mobiles with icy Pluto dangling farthest from the sun, kids are taking it in stride. Many, like 11-year-old Karyn Esbensen, expected it. "I was a little skeptical" about Pluto being a planet, Esbensen said Thursday while checking out the "Dragon Skies: Astronomy of Imperial China" exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. "I heard it wasn't much bigger than our moon." Esbensen's suspicions were confirmed Thursday when leading scientists concluded that it no longer makes sense to view Pluto as a planet, but rather as a ...
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