Author: Alan Stern

Quotes

The big lesson of planetary science is when you do a first reconnaissance of a new kind of object, you should expect the unexpected.

The big lesson of planetary science is when you do a first reconnaissance of a new kind of object, you should expect the unexpected.

- Alan Stern

Human beings have long wondered whether they are alone in the universe.

Human beings have long wondered whether they are alone in the universe.

- Alan Stern

A river is a river, independent of whether there are other rivers nearby. In science, we call things what they are based on their attributes, not what they're next to.

A river is a river, independent of whether there are other rivers nearby. In science, we call things what they are based on their attributes, not what they're next to.

- Alan Stern

Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark of planethood.

Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark of planethood.

- Alan Stern

We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We haven't explored it very well.

We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We haven't explored it very well.

- Alan Stern

People know a planet when they see one, and I think that's a pretty darn good test, in fact, for planethood.

People know a planet when they see one, and I think that's a pretty darn good test, in fact, for planethood.

- Alan Stern

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