SALT - Southern African Large Telescope

Laney Media Presentation


In view of the public interest in whether Pluto and other bodies in the outer Solar System are planets and in the tradition of pioneering observations of Pluto's companion, Charon, at SAAO's 1.9-m telescope in 1980, we provide the following guide to the current state of play.

Complete media presentation (8MB pdf file)

Size comparison of Earth and new planet candidates