Big Picture Science – The Dogged Pursuit of Pluto: Neil deGrasse Tyson / Pluto’s Redesignation

by Gary Niederhoff on July 9, 2015

The Dogged Pursuit of Pluto – Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Part 1 of The Dogged Pursuit of Pluto, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, discussing how the IAU came to change Pluto’s planetary status.

Tagged as: exploration, planets, Pluto

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