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Nasa’s New Horizons Begins Initially Stage Of Pluto Encounter

Nasa’s New Horizons Begins Initially Stage Of Pluto Encounter

Her grandfather liked this version so substantially that he told about it to a familiar professor of astronomy, who in turn passed it on to the employees of the Lowell Observatory. Throughout the next vote to pick the name of the planet, they unanimously supported Pluto. This name not only corresponded to the ancient tradition of naming the planets in honor of the gods, but also paid tribute to Percival Lowell, as its initially two letters corresponded to the initials…

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