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Lowell vs Pickering
I can't verify this yet, as I don't have access to the full journal cites, but I'm pretty sure it was WH Pickering, not Lowell, who captured pictures of Pluto while searching for a ninth planet. Certainly the paper linked to is discussing Pickering, not Lowell. If anyone with full access could check this I would be very grateful. Serendipodous 16:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- The Hoyt's article does not clearly state that it was either Lowell or Pickering. It only mentions that the plates were exposed on March 19 and April 7 1915, before Lowell death. Ruslik_Zero 19:13, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
H
So what's the sigma in H? Can't use it to calculate anything without more info than this. — kwami (talk) 04:12, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
- Which sigma? You should use it I think: Absolute magnitude#Solar System bodies (H). SenseiAC (talk) 16:25, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Animated GIF
The animated GIF looks like it gets mangled a bit from scaling. Is there any way to fix that? 212.9.31.12 (talk) 12:05, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
other possible classification
Wouldn't Pluto also be classified as a planetoid? it's a small planet and technically it's smaller than the Earth's moon, which is abuot the size of a large planetoid. Alien Arceus 10:34, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
- The term "planetoid" does not have an official definition. Serendipodous 11:10, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
When i hear the term "planetoid" i automaticly think of a smaller planet such as pluto. would it be alright if i added the classificatoin of planetoid to the article, or should i wait for more data? Alien Arceus 16:18, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
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