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Astronomer Mike Brown: "Pluto deserved it!"
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Dan Carino
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Jan 29, 2011
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Astronomer Mike Brown: "Pluto deserved it!"
Mike Brown is a professor of Planetary Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. In the early 2000s, Brown was instrumental in the dismantling of Pluto as a planet. But as he tells Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson: Pluto had it coming. He'll be speaking this Tuesday, February 1 at Vroman's books in Pasadena.
Mike Brown in his Cal Tech office
Mike Brown in his Cal Tech office
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Kevin Ferguson
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Mike Brown is a professor of Planetary Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. In the early 2000s, Brown was instrumental in the dismantling of Pluto as a planet. But as he tells Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson: Pluto had it coming. He'll be speaking this Tuesday, February 1 at Vroman's books in Pasadena.

Mike Brown is a professor of Planetary Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology. In the early 2000s, Brown was instrumental in the dismantling of Pluto as a planet. But as he tells Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson: Pluto had it coming. He'll be speaking this Tuesday, February 1 at Vroman's books in Pasadena.