Can you believe there’s a day named Pluto Demoted Day? It is August 24, when in 2006, Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet.
Recent photos of Pluto by NASA’s spacecraft New Horizons have been fascinating. Here’s one of them, with a lighter shape informally named “the heart”:
Now it’s your turn: In the spirit of science-fiction (sci-fi), write a short story of astronauts visiting Pluto and finding something extraordinary on it.
If you would rather, you can write about what you wish people would find on Pluto.
Photo credit of Pluto: www.nasa.gov
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