To: Telepathic Intruder; Go_Raiders; pepsi_junkie
Pluto was discovered telescopically in 1930 (Tombaugh continued mapping for years thereafter, and was convinced that he hadn't missed any planet-sized bodies in the ecliptic) and the New Horizons probe wasn't launched until 2006, a 76 year span. So, add that to the number of years we'll have to wait. ;^)
19 posted on
02/28/2019 10:59:48 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv; Telepathic Intruder; Go_Raiders; pepsi_junkie
Ultima Thule
Discovered June 26, 2014
New Horizons FlyBy January 1 2019
Distance from Earth 4 billion miles
33 posted on
03/01/2019 8:40:52 AM PST by
Go_Raiders
(The fact is, we really don't know anything. It's all guesswork and rationalization.)
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