People Quote by Alan Stern

If you go to planetary science meetings and hear technical talks on Pluto, you will hear experts calling it a planet every day.

— Alan Stern

We're just learning that a lot of planets are small planets, and we didn't know that before, fact is, in planetary science, objects such…

— Alan Stern

In the mind of the public, the word 'planet' carries a significance lacking in other words used to describe planetary bodies... many members of…

— Alan Stern

I think when people see Pluto revealed by New Horizons, its satellite system, its complex surface, its atmosphere, I think they'll have a hard…

— Alan Stern

“There is a misconception, geocentric and anthropomorphic, common to the large majority the the earthbound, which causes them to visualize a planetary system stereoscopically.…

— Robert A. Heinlein

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…

— Alan Stern

To say that what a planet is doesn't matter would be to imply that a planetary scientist couldn't explain to someone what the field…

— Alan Stern

It's interesting - Pluto's almost a brand unto itself. It's the farthest. It's the most diminutive of the classical planets. It's been maligned by…

— Alan Stern

Pluto is not a planet, but I am.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Of all celestial bodies within reach or view, as far as we can see, out to the edge, the most wonderful and marvellous and…

— Lewis Thomas

As a planetary scientist, I don't know what else to call Pluto: It's big and round and thousands of miles wide.

— Alan Stern

Always look up! Every time I step out-side, that's the first thing I do. Ask your-self, "what star is that?", grab a star chart…

— Will Young