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Re: "Mark Twain's Planet"
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Larry Marshburne <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 31 Aug 2001 14:16:42 -0400
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According to Encarta.com, "Pluto was discovered as the result of a
telescopic search inaugurated in 1905 by American astronomer Percival
Lowell, who postulated the existence of a distant planet beyond Neptune".

No false alarm, just Twain being decades ahead of his time, as usual.

Thanks, Larry

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