home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Astroscopes - The Enchanted Astrologer
/
Astroscopes - The Enchanted Astrologer.iso
/
cdrom
/
planets
/
pluto.dat
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-10-21
|
2KB
|
27 lines
Pluto is the planet of great change, latent power and untapped
potential. Expressed in its positive form, Pluto may change your life
forever with a blinding insight or personal transformation. Pluto fills
you with a need to lead others and change the world or at least your part
in it; it urges you to make discoveries or uncover the secrets of the
past.
If Pluto is afflicted (at odds with another planet in your horoscope),
Pluto's influence results in a controlling nature and opens the door for
treachery, sadism, and violence.
Pluto is the ninth (and last?) planet from the Sun and was discovered
in 1930 by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh after a 25 year search
inaugurated by fellow American astronomer Percival Lowell who
predicted its approximate location based on perturbations in the orbit
of Uranus.
More than 3.67 billion miles from the Sun, Pluto requires 247.7 years
to complete its orbit. Because its orbit is so elliptical, Pluto is
currently closer to the Sun than Neptune is. The earth is 250 times more
massive than Pluto, and its diameter is 5.55 times greater.
Only visible through extremely powerful telescopes, Pluto's Moon,
Charon, wasn't discovered until 1978.
In Roman mythology, Pluto was the god of the dead and assisted his
brothers, Jupiter and Neptune, in overthrowing their father, Saturn.
Pluto became the ruler of the underworld and the dead. Pluto was
associated with the Greek god, Hades.