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The Science channel, carried by DirecTV (ch. 284) and Dish (ch 193), has 3 hour long astronomy episodes tonight into tomorrow (repeating).<br /><br />Right now the episode "Last Planet from the Sun" is on.<br /><br />I will edit more info. soon into this post:<br /><br />"The discovery of large, rocky asteroids in the outer solar system raises the question if Pluto should actually be considered a planeet." - Dish Network & DirecTV overview.<br /><br />That would be the fact that Pluto is in the Kuiper belt and is not alone.<br /><br />The search is considered for still another planet in this belt. Many objects found but none as large as Pluto....<br /><br />[Note, there is some evidence a planet may be in the Oort cloud much further out there.]<br /><br />Then comes Cosmos for another hour:<br /><br />"As an imaginary spaceship tours and examines planets, data about Jupiter arrives at NASA's laboratories from Voyager II."<br /><br />Then comes "Space balloons: 120,000 feet above Earth." <br /><br />"Scientific ballooning is an efficient and economic method of conducting research in space."<br /><br />I hope to post more notes soon, and still more another day.