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Why Pluto Still Matters

Posted by samzenpus on from the where-the-mi-go-and-the-terran-federation-play dept.

StartsWithABang writes Nearly a century ago, Pluto was discovered, and for 48 years it remained the only known object whose orbit takes it beyond the gravitational pull of Neptune. In a single generation, we've now discovered more than 1,000 additional objects in the Kuiper Belt, but does that make Pluto any less special? Here's a strong argument for why Pluto might matter now more than ever.

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  1. Sentimental nonsense. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pluto still matters because it is the most well studied known Kuiper belt object and we are finally about to get a good look at it.