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...Humans have been looking for other planets ever since astronomers first turned telescopes to the sky. But once we got beyond the nine worlds orbiting our own sun - eight actually, now that Pluto's been busted down to planetoid - we had no luck. The problem is, stars are huge, and by comparison, even big planets are tiny. Squint all you want; you're not going to see them. (See pictures of Earth from space...
Standing Ovation. For the first time at a Trekkies' convention, all the TV actors were in Chicago to represent such Enterprise stalwarts as Dr. Leonard McCoy, who in one episode contracted an incurable disease and fell in love with the green high priestess of a doomed planetoid; Chief Engineer Scott ("Scotty"), for whom "relaxation is a stack of technical journals"; Lieut. Uhura, the black female communications officer who sings soprano for relaxation; and Ensign Chekov, the Russian pilot. The stars were greeted by standing ovations...
Then there was Eros, the cigar-shaped planetoid that swung end over end in an orbit beyond that of Mars, and on, and in which Wilma and I found things that staggered and shattered our imaginations. -From The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century...
...paddle-wheeled planetoid Pioneer V, launched March 11, is on its way around the sun in an orbit between Earth and Venus, sending back information on radiation, temperature, micrometeorites and magnetic fields on its small, five-watt transmitter...
...point to with pride. He volunteered, served with the 82nd Airborne Division, landed in a glider in Normandy, won a chestful of decorations for gallantry, transferred to the Pacific and came home a lieutenant colonel. He spun through a gubernatorial campaign against ten opponents like a maverick planetoid, and became the tenth South Carolinian governor from Edgefield County...