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New Horizons mission to the Planet Pluto

I believe if you will check, you will find that NASA has NO official position on whether Pluto is a Planet or an Dwarf Planet and as such, I think the first sentence should read, Planet Pluto not Dwarf Planet. There maybe individual Scientist who work at NASA (But not paid by NASA) who support the View on Dwarf Worlds however. Magnum Serpentine (talk) 20:59, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That is irrelevant as it is not for national body like NASA to decide. The International Astronomical Union is the only authority which decides astronomical nomenclature. The IAU defined Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. ChiZeroOne (talk) 21:36, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
'Dwarf planet' is correct of course. However, in the context of the sentence "launched by NASA on 19 January 2006 to study the dwarf planet Pluto" it is slightly misleading, I think. Pluto was not officially a dwarf planet (it was still considered a planet) at the time of launch. So, at its inception (and even at launch) New Horizons was a mission to study the only remaining unexplored 'planet'.62.232.250.50 (talk) 11:41, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

VNH0004, not VNH2004

"Jan 2015 Observation of KBO VNH2004"

It is VNH0004, not VNH2004.

http://www.americaspace.com/?p=24691

Fixed! RazorEye ⡭ ₪ ·o' ⍦ ࿂ 13:32, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Update

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/jan2014/presentations/08_1615_Weaver_NH_Status_SBAG.pdf --Craigboy (talk) 07:23, 25 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

SVG?

Why do we have SVG files for the photos of Jovian moons? That's the weirdest use of SVG I've seen so far. --Makkachin (talk) 10:33, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rings?

Re "Search for additional moons, and any rings".

One of the stated tertiary objects is to look for rings. Does anyone know where this comes from? Is there any stated record of this being a goal? Is there any reason to believe any of these bodies could have rings? 62.232.250.50 (talk) 11:36, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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