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- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We really just didn't realize the diversity of planetary types in our solar system. Pluto looked like a misfit because it was the only one we saw. And just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies. They're large enough to make themselves round by self gravity, and they surely pass the test of planethood.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we first sent missions to Jupiter, no one expected to find moons that would have active volcanoes. And I could go down a long list of how often I've been surprised by the richness of nature.
- Depend
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because Pluto orbits with many other dwarf planets doesn't change what it is, just as whether an object is a mountain or not doesn't depend on whether it's in a group or in isolation.
- Planet
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- Nov 07, 2020
To say that what a planet is doesn't matter would be to imply that a planetary scientist couldn't explain to someone what the field is about.
- Belong
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back before the Kuiper Belt was discovered, Pluto did look like a misfit that didn't belong with either the terrestrials or the giant planets.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing scientists do is to find order among a large number of facts, and one way to do that across fields as diverse as biology, geology, physics and astronomy is through classification.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
To keep everyone invested in your vision, you have to back up a little bit and really analyze who the different stakeholders are and what they individually respond to.
- NASA
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started working with NASA in 1989 as part of a mission to send spacecraft to Pluto, I knew it would take at least 10-15 years to see results of my efforts.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Kuiper Belt is the largest mapped structure in our planetary system, three times as big as all the territory from the sun out to Neptune's orbit.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't imagine how many kids around the world will look at pictures of Pluto and think, 'I want to grow up to be a scientist.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science doesn't work by voting. Did people vote on the theory of relativity? No! It's either right or it's wrong. Do we vote on whether genetics is a good theory or not? Of course not.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pluto is as far across as Manhattan to Miami, but its atmosphere is bigger than the Earth's.
- Deep Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether there's even an ocean on Pluto deep inside is a question I hope New Horizons can address in indirect ways.
- Ecosystems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in our deep ocean, there are ecosystems at work with no light whatsoever down in the deepest portions of the oceanic abyss.
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- Nov 07, 2020