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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet is a book written by the astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson. The book is about Pluto, which was demoted to the status of dwarf planet in August 2006 by the International Astronomical Union, thereby depriving it of its planet-hood.
- Neil De Grasse Tyson
- 2009
Sep 2, 2014 · The Pluto Files is a tongue in cheek story of the demotion of Pluto from the ranks of planets. With good humor he takes the heat from a torrent of letters from school children & Pluto lovers everywhere, expanding the controversy into a book.
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- Neil De Grasse Tyson
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- W. W. Norton & Company
The Pluto Files. Take a cross-country journey with Neil deGrasse Tyson to explore the rise and fall of America's favorite planet. Aired December 14, 2011 on PBS.
Jan 19, 2008 · The Pluto Files is an informative and very entertaining chronicle of Pluto's planethood controversy. It traces the story of the orb from its discovery by amateur astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 to the time when its short-lived (75-year) career as a planet came to an end, the unintended consquence of the Hayden Planetarium's ...
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The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto was discovered by an American for America. Pluto is entrenched in our cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why.
Jul 12, 2010 · Immediately, the public, professionals, and press were choosing sides over Pluto's planethood. Pluto is entrenched in our cultural and emotional view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson,...
Visit the companion website to the NOVA program The Pluto Files, watch streaming video of the hour-long broadcast episode, learn more about Neil's adventures as he toured the country and...
