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1. The Pluto files: the rise and fall of America's favorite planet

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Author:
Tyson, Neil deGrasse
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Traces the history of Pluto and the debate over its planethood, citing its entrenchment in America's cultural and patriotic view of the cosmos to explain its considerable popularity and the reasons why so many people campaigned for the preservation of its status. An exploration of the controversy surrounding Pluto and its planet status from a renowned astrophysicist at the heart of the controversy.