77 years ago today.....

[Kai]

Pluto was discovered

http://www.discoveryofpluto.com/pluto05.html

[MikeP]

Ah yes, I remember it well.

Mike

[Stephen Green]

This one must have past me by

Stephen

[barkis]

It's a pity though, the celebration of Clyde Tombaugh's discovery, is tarnished now, with Pluto's status as a planet being downgraded.

Crying shame.

Ron. :D

[The Warthog]

I still think they should have called it Goofy. :hmph:

[Sam]

I wonder if Pluto does anything different now it's not a planet - oh yeah.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pluto :occasion4:

[radioactive]

many happy returns Pluto its still great to have you joining the SGL forums any questions you want to pose to us feel free someone will answer from here and don'y forget you are still a pretty COOL place 8)

[spacemonkey]

Isn't 1930 + 77 years = 2007? I make it 78 years old today (+ the 4.6 billion it had been around before Mr. Tombaugh's discovery).

[Sam]

Isn't 1930 + 77 years = 2007? I make it 78 years old today (+ the 4.6 billion it had been around before Mr. Tombaugh's discovery).

Good point! Hey when you're that old what's one year anyway. At least we're not out by a Pluto year (248 of our years)!

[Astroman]

Isn't 1930 + 77 years = 2007? I make it 78 years old today (+ the 4.6 billion it had been around before Mr. Tombaugh's discovery).

:hello1:

[thing]

Crikey, that makes me feel old, it was only a 26 year old discovery when I was born.... :shock:

[Astroman]

Crikey, that makes me feel old, it was only a 26 year old discovery when I was born.... :shock:

Don't worry about that, mate. Think of your kids when you tell them, "Yeah, I observed Pluto when it was still a planet!"