Tag: Pluto
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Life is Short and Then We Die
The immortal deity of note for this chapter is Pluto, the roman god of the underworld, the afterlife, and also wealth. For 76 Earth years, this immortal god enjoyed the status of a planet. Discovered and named in 1930, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) struck Pluto from the list on Aug. 24, 2006. In a strange twist of irony, the god…
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Inspect Reflect Respect Inflect Dissect Connect Correct Check
Poetry begins this way. Interesting words, names, clever meaning, rhyming to remember better… I am reminded of a time I told the story of the Solar System, as the newest planet was stripped of his planetary status. From its discovery in 1930 until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet. In the late 1970s, following…