Tuesday, April 15, 2014

IRB Intro Post #4: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

         When I was growing up there 9 planets, and whenever asked which was my favorite I would always say Pluto. It was the smallest planet in the solar system as well as the coldest, and to make it better it was blue. It was a sad day when I learned that my favorite planet was no longer considered a planet. To be honest astronomy is not one my interests I love looking at the stars and all, but I have never studied the details of space. For my last IRB I have decided to read the book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Deserved It by Mike Brown. Brown spent years of countless years researching space only to be bombarded by angry civilians, such as myself, for discovering the cold truth about Pluto. This book is his way to explain his journey in finding one of the most important solar system fact of the 21st century. Getting to hear the story of how my favorite planet was murdered by the man who discovered it should be interesting. I have no doubt that this book will be incredibly awesome and teach me things about space that I could have never known before hand.

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