Thursday, January 14, 2010

Jupiter is Giant, Pluto is Dwarf

"It has never before been necessary for any organisation to define a word that has been in common every day use so I see no reason why it was necessary on this occasion"
, The Telegraph quoted Dr David Morrison, director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute in California, as saying.

He added:
"Astronomers use adjectives such as giant and dwarf to describe different subclasses of objects like planets, stars and galaxies, so why could Pluto not remain as a dwarf planet just as Jupiter is a giant planet"
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Credit: http://www.topnews.in/pluto-should-get-back-its-planet-status-claim-astronomers-258154

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