Short Reviews: Peter Jekel

"The Ghost at the Edge of the Solar System" [permanent link]. A fascinating article about Pluto; its discovery, how we found found what we currently know about Pluto and its satellite, Charon, and about current mission plans to send a probe to Pluto.
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"Making Believable Planets" [permanent link]. An interesting article that acts as a 'tutorial' on what writers need to consider when creating a planet like gravity, the atmosphere, magnetic fields, etc.
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