VISIT TO A SMALL ICE DWARF

"Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies." Dr. Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute

Pluto.

Not the Disney dog.

An ice dwarf and outer most planet of our solar system.

Ice dwarves are more common than rocky inner worlds such as Mercury and Earth.

Again, earth is unique...at least in this solar system.

The spacecraft will be launched on Tuesday.

Its initial velocity will be 36,000 miles per hour.

It will pass the moon in 9 hours and reach Jupiter in 13 months.

Earth's denizens will know more about Pluto in 2015 when the mission called New Horizons gets close to Pluto and its three satellites.

Maybe dogs will be found there.