18-May-2007, 10:26 PM
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Meanwhile:
Illinois town hosts Planet Pluto Expo
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California and New Mexico have taken their stands on Pluto's planethood, and now it's time for … Streator, Illinois?
On Friday and Saturday, the 14,000-person town is hosting Planet Pluto Expo, with special guests Alan Stern, a vociferous critic of Pluto's demotion to "dwarf planet" and principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto; Kevin Schindler, outreach manager for Lowell Observatory, where Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on 18 February 1930; and Fred and Sharon Altman, Illinois residents and parents of astronaut Scott Altman.
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If you're wondering why this geeky extravaganza would be held in Streator, the answer is simple: it is the hometown of Clyde Tombaugh, who was born there in 1906.
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