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Originally Posted by Matty P
Choose Your Favourite Planet.  |
G'day Matty,
My favourite planet is Pluto.
I observed it occult a mag. 15 star in 2006 when is was classified as a planet. see...
http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/plan...0612_Pluto.htm
and again in 2008 when it occulted a mag. 12 star. You can watch the video on Youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WruS6own5qc
The slow disappearance and reappearance events are due to Pluto's atmosphere. Just how you can have an atmosphere at 40 kelvin and micro-bar pressure is beyond my understanding.
BTW, I don't care if it is classified as a planet or not. The fact that is 'there' is enough for me.
Rock-on New Horizons