[meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers React to Pluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'

From: MexicoDoug <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 24 16:07:54 2006
Message-ID: <00ea01c6c7b8$d56c6b00$94cc5ec8_at_0019110394>

In Ron's forwarded newsrelease:
Richard Conn Henry, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Johns Hopkins University said:

> Hurrah for Pluto, first dwarf
> planet to be visited by a NASA mission!"

Richard, the first in situ TNO yes....BUT...Hopefully that coveted title you
confer would be to Ceres in Feb 2015, five months earlier than New Horizons
arrives at Pluto, and hopefully Vesta will be dwarfed in a knightly fashion
and visited by in Oct 2011, both by NASA/UCLA's Discovery Mission DAWN !

Please see my cartoon editorial on the Pluto issue:
http://www.diogenite.com/IAU.JPG

available in 5-10 minutes,

Best wishes, Doug
Received on Thu 24 Aug 2006 04:06:45 PM PDT