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On Pluto you could throw a baseball over the Great Pyramid of Giza, a scientist's animation reveals

Watch a ball throw on each planet in our solar system, plus Pluto and the moon, below. Imagine throwing a baseball. Easy, right? Maybe you've already done it a few times. Now imagine throwing a ...
Yahoo

An astronomer's animation shows how Earth and the moon both orbit a spot 3,000 miles from the true center of the planet

All planetary systems have this point, called a barycenter, where their mass is perfectly balanced. For some systems - like Pluto and its moon, Charon - the barycenter is outside the planet. See more ...
Iowa Public Radio

Pluto isn’t a planet — but it gives us clues for how the solar system formed

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...
Forbes

Is Pluto A Planet? It’s A Double-Act, Scientists Say

A new formation theory for Pluto's moon Charon could explain why Pluto is geologically active. Illustration incorporates NASA New Horizons terrain imagery. Pluto — demoted to dwarf planets status in ...
Space.com

Pluto TV will rally to make Pluto a planet again on April 1 (it's no joke)

Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear. On April 1, ...
Business Insider

On Pluto you could throw a baseball over the Great Pyramid of Giza, a scientist's animation reveals

Imagine throwing a baseball. Easy, right? Maybe you've already done it a few times. Now imagine throwing a baseball on the moon. Maybe you've seen enough videos of astronauts bouncing around up there ...