Friday, December 18, 2009
This is the first review of the literature on Pluto. Here I look at David Weintraub’s Is Pluto a Planet? Weintraub supports Pluto’s planetary status and is, probably, still upset that the IAU’s definition of a planet excludes Pluto.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/18 at 01:25 AM
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Govert Shilling’s The Hunt for Planet X is the second review in my survey of the literature on Pluto. Unlike Weintraub, Shilling does not think Pluto deserves the status of planet. It seems that for Shilling, the IAU’s decision in 2006 was long overdue.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/20 at 10:49 PM
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
In my growing survey of the literature on Pluto, here I review a recent book by two astronomer who claim to be on opposite sides of the debate. They try to conceal their positions until the final chapter, but the general tone of the book supports Pluto’s claim to planethood.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/07 at 10:55 AM
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Neil deGrasse Tyson takes his Pluto Files on the road and onto PBS. It is an entertaining show, but don’t expect Tyson to resolve the question of Pluto’s planetary status.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 03/03 at 10:30 PM
Saturday, March 13, 2010
The latest in my Pluto project posts. This post, on the anniversary of the announcement of the discovery of a trans-Neptunian object, looks as some of those earliest announcements to see how they portrayed the discovery and who got credit for making it.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 03/13 at 10:30 PM
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Published before the recent brouhaha over Pluto’s planetary status, Hoyt’s book on Pluto concentrates on whether or not Lowell deserves credit for predicting Pluto’s discovery.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 06/27 at 01:54 PM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Recent articles about the presence or absence of water on Mars seem remarkably familiar. More than a century ago Percival Lowell made life on Mars a popular and a scientific question. Bookies no longer take bets on finding life on Mars while astronomers continue to argue about the evidence and what it implies.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 09/27 at 10:42 PM
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