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Subject: pluto in opposition
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Date: Fri, 26-Apr-85 16:30:51 EDT
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	A couple of footnotes to Ms. Byrd's script on the Pluto opposition.
If I recall, Pluto is relatively near its perihelion which means it's a bit
netter observationally.  Any hints on what the smallest telescope one is
likely to be able to pick it up with would be?
	Also, there are plenty of "worlds" unlikely to be scheduled for a
spacecraft visit in this century.  There are hundreds and thousands of
them somewhere between Mars and Jupiter (or if you wish to say "If you've
seen one asteroid, you've seen 'em all, there are still the Trojan aster-
oids in the Jovian orbit...).
	
SK