The Revenge of the Dwarf Planet: What Really Happened to Pluto

- Andrew Fraknoi, Chairman of the Astronomy Department, Foothill College Bay Area astronomer, Fraknoi, takes us behind the scenes of how Pluto got demoted and why its story might still turn out OK. In July, the New Horizons spacecraft flew by the 'double planet' Pluto-Charon and gave us close-up views of both worlds (plus the smaller moons) for the first time. While New Horizons data will keep coming to us for a whole year, Fraknoi will give an update on what we now know about these icy worlds at the outskirts of our solar system.