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Saturday, 17 April 2010 23:34
Pluto looks like molasses brew to Hubble
Researchers at Southwest Research Institute have used the Hubble Space Telescope to take images of the dwarf planet Pluto. Because of its tilt to the Sun, its atmosphere actually freezes and falls to the ground, forming large molasses-colored patches. Why? Don't know yet. But, New help is just over the Horizon!
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Monday, 22 September 2008 18:02
Hawaiian mythology plays role in naming of new dwarf planet
On Friday, September 17, 2008, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced that the celestial body formerly known as 2003 EL61 has been renamed “Haumea,” the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility, and classified as the fifth dwarf planet within the Solar System.
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Monday, 21 July 2008 20:42
Welcome to the solar system! Dwarf planet and plutoid Makemake!
The International Astronomical Union recently recognized Makemake as a dwarf planet and classified it as a plutoid. Makemake, the celestial body, was named after Makemake, the bird-man god of Easter Island.
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