Subject: How did people know the mass of pluto?
Date: Tue Mar 1 22:30:53 2005
Posted by david
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Country: australia
Area of science: Astronomy
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I mean before its moon was discovered. There have been values in texts for many
decades now, but at that distance it would be difficult (impossible?) to
measure data on smaller objects affected by pluto's gravity.
Re: How did people know the mass of pluto?
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