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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Pluto
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Pluto: A solar system object that orbits the Sun at an average distance of 39.5 times the distance between Earth and Sun. Pluto has a mass 0.002 times the mass Earth and a radius 0.18 times the radius of Earth. More »

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Radio Programs
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 Title  Air Date
Pluto at Opposition June 16, 2006
Clyde Tombaugh, Part II February 5, 2006
Clyde Tombaugh February 4, 2006
Moon Hunt February 1, 2006
New Horizons January 10, 2006

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Reaching New Horizons
Reaching New Horizons
Tiny Planet, Tiny Moons
Tiny Planet, Tiny Moons
In the Blink of an Eye
In the Blink of an Eye
Ice Worlds
Ice Worlds
Follow the Planet
Follow the Planet

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Is there a tenth planet in our solar system?

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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Pluto
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Minor Bodies
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2006
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StarDate Online | Activities | Rock Cycle
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Comets
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Planet Formation
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Explorations in 2007
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StarDate Online | Solar System Table
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StarDate Online | Solar System Table
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Mercury
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Neptune
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Leftovers
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StarDate Online | Solar System Guide | Io
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