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Pluto Still a Mystery 75 Years Later
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MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-13-2005
Dateline: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.
It's been 75 years since the discovery of Pluto, but it remains a mystery. Perhaps in another 10 years some of its secrets will be revealed when a space probe gets close enough for a good look.
Pluto was quickly heralded as the ninth planet in the solar system when it was spotted Feb. 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, a young amateur astronomer at Lowell Observatory. It still holds that title today, if somewhat tenuously.
"It's a misbehaved planet if you want to think about it as a planet," said Neil deGrasse ...
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