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Science 24 November 1989:
Vol. 246. no. 4933, p. 998
DOI: 10.1126/science.246.4933.998
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A Passion for the Little Things Among the Planets

The Poor Man's Grand Tour of the Solar System

RICHARD A. KERR

If mass were the only criterion, asteroids, satellites, and the smallest planet, Pluto, would not rate much attention. But they often held center stage early this month when planetary scientists gathered in Providence, Rhode Island, for the annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Science of the American Astronomical Society. Here is a selection of the news about the lesser bodies that so many researchers hold dear.

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