Pluto: The Frozen World

Over four billion kilometers away from us lies a distant, frigid world. On its barren surface, nitrogen falls as snow. Vast plains of frozen methane lie in the shadow of ice water mountains. From the surface of this hostile place, the sun appears nothing more than a star, a single pinprick of light among millions. The name mankind gave this silent world? Pluto.

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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[geographicstravel]

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[noahfecks]

I'd like to think the first meeting between Tombaugh and the folks at Lowell Observatory went something like this:

Lowell Team: Hey, great work! So, what sort of telescope did you use?
Clyde Tombaugh: Mm? Oh, just used a bunch of old gears and such from broken down cars.
Lowell Team: *looks at million dollar telescope* Son of a...

[marxnutz]

Pluto will always be the ninth planet in my heart

[tgdm]

I was so excited when it finally arrived at Pluto. I remember actually doing some minor campaigning for the mission in the early 2000s when I was 14 or so, and even made it onto the list of 10, 000 names encoded or etched into the spacecraft.

[skywalkerchick]

I’m glad you talked about Eris. I remember I was in 7th grade when it was discovered; I finished my science class project earlier than most of the rest of the class, so I picked up one of the kids science magazines my teacher had lying around and came across an article talking about it. I was so excited at the thought of there being a 10th planet!

Fun fact! When Eris and its moon Dysnomia were first discovered, they were nicknamed Xena and Gabrielle

[adiemuller]

"but Lowell didn't say anything like that, for the very good reason that... he had died."

[flederfox]

PLUTO WE LOVE YOU AS YOU ARE, PLANET OR NOT

[Daeraug]

Dear NASA. Your mother thought I was big enough. Sincerely, Pluto.

[andrewblack]

“If it was a planet once, it can be a planet again...” Jerry Smith

[SmolPotatowo]

I don't think it really matters whether Pluto is classified as a planet or not, it is one awesome astronomical object.

[mikahjohn]

I am 31 years old. I consider myself a mature and responsible adult; a level-headed contributor to society. I still laughed out loud every time Simon ended a sentence with "of Uranus" "by Uranus" etc...this is my story [Dun Dun]

[Vokapolis]

This channel is totally a Biographics ripoff. They even used the same host.

[ravennevermore]

"My other vehicle is on its way to Pluto" sticker on the computer tickled me. :)

[iammaxhailme]

I can't believe neil degrasse tyson personally flew to pluto and threw it in the dumpster

[slippery]

"He said nothing like that, because he died 10 years earlier." Oh okay.

[MyKoira]

"They speculated that Pluto might be its own class of planet" Shame how right they were in opposite way. It turned out to be a Dwarf Planet

[hmscldtrs]

When Pluto was demoted, my five-year-old daughter cried so hard that we decided to keep it in our planet rotation in our home school. I will always say Pluto is a planet and sing the Blues Clues planet song. My kids love that song and even now, in their late teens and early 20s, still sing it.

WE LOVE U PLUTO!!!!

[MadTheDJ]

Astronomy PhD. Dr. Brian May was a collaborator with NASA when the New Horizons data and images started coming in back in 2015. He was even present the press conference, introduced to the media by Stern himself.
What's that? You've never heard of Dr. May? Actually, you probably have. He's the guitarist for the rock band Queen (no, really, same guy). He even wrote a song commemorating the event, titled "New Horizons."

[nyhman]

Pluto will always be my favorite planet next to earth no matter what anyone says, I'm 42 years old and was taught pluto was our ninth planet

[Beloved]

Thank you for covering Pluto! This channel is my new favorite thing on YouTube and since I love all things space related, I was super excited to see a space video uploaded on it. Great job on this one team!