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Pluto in Grandma's Living Room

Pale Blue Pod

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The Milky Way and the History of Finding Planets

There are a bunch of rocks that are similar to Pluto's size that are orbiting near Pluto's orbit. Uranus was discovered in 1781 with a telescope by William Herschel. The Milky Way refuses to name William Herschel and instead just calls him Caroline Herschel's brother every time he's mentioned.

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