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One has to feel sorry for the planet Pluto.(The Week)(Brief article)
One has to feel sorry for the planet Pluto. As if being named after the overlord of hell were not bad enough, Pluto dwells in cold and darkness at the tar outer edge of the solar system, and is the only planet not yet visited by a space probe. Even the distinction of being incontrovertibly the outermost of the planets is not vouchsafed to Pluto: Because of its extremely eccentric orbit, for 20 years of its sluggish 248-year circuit it is closer to the sun than Neptune is. To add to the indignities, Pluto's status as a true planet has recently been disputed. (This magazine strongly supports continued ...
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