Episode 08: The Frozen Dunes of Pluto

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Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

• The Dunes on Pluto paper: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/992

• A good article about the paper: https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/scientists-unlock-the-secrets-of-pluto-s-methane-dunes

• All about Pluto from NASA: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/

• When I was your age, Pluto was a Planet! https://www.redbubble.com/people/kipstewart/works/3024944-when-i-was-your-age-pluto-was-a-planet?p=t-shirt

• Why Pluto is no longer a planet: https://www.universetoday.com/13573/why-pluto-is-no-longer-a-planet/

• How Pluto got its name: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-pluto-got-its-name-180955912/

• The Kuiper Belt: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/kuiper-belt/in-depth/

• The New Horizons mission: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

• Images of Pluto, before and after New Horizons: https://blogs.nasa.gov/pluto/2016/08/04/pluto-what-a-journey/

• Pluto … or Pluto™? https://twitter.com/ekaschyk/status/620967219934154752

• Images of the dunes on Pluto: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/992/tab-figures-data

• Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moore