by wildfire | Jul 13, 2015 | News, Pluto, Uncategorized
[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”single” sep_color=”” class=”” id=””]New Horizons [/title][fusion_text]-By Bruce Gavett New Horizons was launched in January 2006. It achieved a...
by wildfire | Jul 13, 2015 | Pluto, Uncategorized
-By Bruce Gavett Today, July 14, after over 9 years and 3 billion miles, the New Horizons Spacecraft will pass within 8,000 miles of the dwarf planet Pluto. This will be the first close up look at the former 9th Planet. Here are some facts about Pluto Pluto...
by wildfire | Jul 7, 2015 | Pluto, Uncategorized
Get a club, church group, team, group of friends, your family or anyone interested in space travel and come to SciWorks for Plutopalooza! SciWorks is hosting a special overnight Plutopalooza Camp-in from 6:30 pm, Tuesday, July 14 through 9 am, Wednesday, July 15. The...
by wildfire | Mar 17, 2015 | News, Uncategorized
[fusion_text]By Bruce Gavett As a SciWorks volunteer in the Planetarium, I often get questions about the “dwarf” planets, the round objects that orbit the sun just like the eight major planets, but are not large enough to gravitationally clear their orbital path of...
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