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Author Rusch, Elizabeth.

Title The planet hunter : the story behind what happened to Pluto / by Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Guy Francis.

Publication Info. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Rising Moon, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 523.2 RUS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 520.92 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J523.2 RUSCH    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department  J 523.2 RUS    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. + 1 poster
Note Includes a new Solar System poster inside.
Summary Presents the life of astronomer Mike Brown, who discovered Quaor and Eris, two orbiting objects similar in size to Pluto, a discovery which led to a redefinition of what makes an object a planet and a removal of Pluto from the list of planets.
Subject Brown, Mike, 1965- -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pluto (Dwarf planet) -- Juvenile literature.
Brown, Mike, 1965-
Astronomers -- United States -- Biography.
Pluto (Dwarf planet)
Added Author Francis, Guy, illustrator.
ISBN 9780873589260 hardcover
0873589262 hardcover
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