(13 quotes found)
“Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies. The misfit becomes the average. The Pluto-like objects are more typical in our solar system than the nearby planets we first knew.”
Alan Stern
“It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end.”
Claudia Alexander
“These planetary systems, if they do form and exist, are short lived because these massive stars explode as supernovae. So it's amazing that the raw material for planets could be found in such a hostile environment.”
Joel Kastner
“These are literally the building blocks of our planetary system.”
Don Brownlee
“This is one of the youngest stars ever identified with a planetary companion.”
Jian Ge
“LRO, in all respects, is a unique and challenging planetary mission.”
Jim Watzin
“Planetary protection is important and if one were to discover life on Mars then it would be perfectly sensible to say that there are certain areas that ought to be protected,”
Colin Pillinger
“This has been kind of a planetary alignment for cartooning.”
Matt Davies
“Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies.”
“I don't believe we should classify planetary objects by location. We should use properties of the objects as a guide.”
