Planet Pluto

Today in Astronomy History
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September 8, 1966
"The Man Trap" was the first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series to air on NBC

September 8, 2004
When its parachute fails to open, the NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands.

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September 8, 2010
New Moon

Welcome to The Planet Pluto Website
A website about the planet Pluto

Pluto is usually the ninth planet from the Sun although it is sometimes 8th when Pluto moves within Neptune's orbit. Pluto's diameter is 2,300 km and takes 249 years to orbit the Sun. Pluto is named after the Roman god of the underworld. Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.