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Mike Brown's New Book: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

Air Date: 12/13/2010
Run Time: 0:28:52

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Guests:

• Mike Brown, Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology

Topics:

The CalTech discoverer and destroyer of worlds celebrates his new book with a party. PlanRad is there to talk with him. Emily Lakdawalla laments the orbital insertion failure of a Japanese Venus probe. Bill Nye the Planetary Guy reviews a particularly busy week in space. Bruce Betts tells us where and when to watch a lunar eclipse. You can also win the 2011 Year In Space Desktop Calendar in our new space trivia contest.

Related Links:

• New York Times review of "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming"
• Mike Brown's Website
• Bill Nye's Your Place in Space (MP3)
• Emily Lakdawalla's Akatsuki Update
• Bill Nye Congratulates SpaceX

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