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Who killed Pluto?

Interview with Astronomer Mike Brown aka PlutoKiller

Live Interview with Mike Brown Astronomer and Professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology.  How his discovery of Eris has changed the way we look at planets in our solar system. Why Pluto got demoted and why it had it coming.

http://astronomy.fm/ will be hosting a live interview with Mike Brown to discuss Pluto, Eris and his research of KBO's. . Join the chat room and interact live with PlutoKiller.

Live Show time Thursday 
Feb 11th 10PM EST / Feb 12 05:00 GMT
You can follow Mike Brown on Twitter he goes by the title PlutoKiller.

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