Sentences with phrase «planetary status»

Q7 Pluto's large moon, Charon, was briefly considered for planetary status in 2006, before Pluto itself was relegated to dwarf planet.

In his latest book the energetic astronomer and television host taps pop culture and breaking research to explain why he led the charge to banish Pluto from planetary status.

Being stripped of planetary status may be the best thing that ever happened to Pluto.

KAMUELA, Hawaii — With data collected from the mighty W. M. Keck Observatory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) astronomer Mike Brown — known as the Pluto killer for discovering a Kuiper - belt object that led to the demotion of Pluto from planetary status — and Kevin Hand from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have found the strongest evidence yet that salty water from the vast liquid ocean beneath Europa's frozen exterior actually makes its way to the surface.

But the solar winds are changing in some corners of academia, and the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently held a debate on Pluto's planetary status.

The find has reignited the row over the icy rock's planetary status.

The finding could reignite the debate over the icy rock's planetary status — or lack of.

Why on earth did astronomers get emotionally attached to Pluto's planetary status?

The little astronaut wannabe is now the most adorable member of the contingent pushing to give Pluto back its planetary status.

At one astronomical meeting, I sat near Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, when its planetary status was challenged.

Ironically, it was in part that challenge to planetary status and the intellectual redefinition of the solar system within which it was embedded that may have shaken loose enough spare change to mount a Pluto mission.

Beyond the scientific community, Pluto has held a strong cultural significance for many in the general public considering its planetary status during most of the twentieth century, in a similar way to Ceres and its kin in the 1800s.

For more information on the battles among astronomers concerning Pluto's planetary status, see Laurence A. Marschall and Stephen P. Maran, Pluto Confidential (Dallas, Texas: Benbella Books, Inc., 2009).

Something Ricked This Way Comes (22:20)(Originally aired March 24, 2014) Summer works for the Devil (guest Alfred Molina) in a shop of cursed curios, while Jerry argues for Pluto's planetary status.