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What ever happened to Pluto? Anna was missing Pluto so we decided to embark on a journey to learn all about the planet that once was... tune in to learn some cool Pluto-related facts, history, and engineering as well as the passionate debate that still exists over its classification! We have Merch!! https://www.butitisrocketscience.com/shop Music from filmmusic.io "Tyrant" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Anna's Sources: Cain, Fraser. “How Far Is Mercury from Earth?” Universe Today, 9 Aug. 2016, www.universetoday.com/14165/distance-from-earth-to-mercury/ Choi, Charles Q. “Dwarf Planet Pluto: Facts About the Icy Former Planet.” Space.com, Space, 14 Nov. 2017, www.space.com/43-pluto-the-ninth-planet-that-was-a-dwarf.html. Choi, Charles Q. “Surprise! Pluto May Have Possessed a Subsurface Ocean at Birth.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 23 June 2020, www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprise-pluto-may-have-possessed-a-subsurface-ocean-at-birth. Greenfieldboyce, Nell. “Pluto Has White-Capped Mountains, But Not Because There's Snow.” NPR, NPR, 13 Oct. 2020, www.npr.org/2020/10/13/923209728/pluto-has-white-capped-mountains-but-not-because-theres-snow. “How Dry Ice Is Made.” CryoCarb, 8 Oct. 2020, cryocarb.com/how-dry-ice-is-made. Howell, Elizabeth. “Interesting Facts About Pluto.” Universe Today, 23 Dec. 2015, www.universetoday.com/13872/interesting-facts-about-pluto/. “In Depth.” NASA, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth/. “In Depth.” NASA, NASA, 19 Dec. 2019, solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/pluto-moons/charon/in-depth/. Redd, Nola Taylor. “How Far Away Is Pluto?” Space.com, Space, 20 Feb. 2016, www.space.com/18566-pluto-distance.html. Redd, Nola Taylor. “The Kuiper Belt: Objects at the Edge of the Solar System.” Space.com, Space, 30 Apr. 2019, www.space.com/16144-kuiper-belt-objects.html. Sharp, Tim. “How Big Is the Moon?” Space.com, Space, 28 Oct. 2017, www.space.com/18135-how-big-is-the-moon.html. Pluto with Heart Picture: www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-displays-pluto-s-big-heart-0. Pluto/Charon Tidal Lock Gif: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking#/media/File:Pluto-Charon_System.gif Henna's Sources: “1894.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894. “1906.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Mar. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906. “About the Festival.” I Heart Pluto Festival 2021, iheartpluto.org/about/#history. “Elizabeth Langdon Williams.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Langdon_Williams. “Percival Lowell.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Apr. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Lowell. “Pluto.” NASA, NASA, 15 Feb. 2021, solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/. Clearning the NEIGHBORHOOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbpEuWkEFI&ab_channel=ParallaxNick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azbLNSKDQrM&ab_channel=LowellObservatory Library of Congress article on the IAU’s decision: https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/#:~:text=The%20International%20Astronomical%20Union%20(IAU,neighboring%20region%20of%20other%20objects.%E2%80%9D “Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/astronomy/item/why-is-pluto-no-longer-a-planet/.