Posted by Greg Crider on June 04, 2001 at 19:22:44:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: New Planets recording posted by Shaun Abraham on June 04, 2001 at 08:40:40:
Holst wrote the planets thinking about astrology, not astronomy. That's why there is no Pluto in the original, because it was not used by the astrologers. It can only be seen in a telescope, and was discovered in the 1930's by Clyde Tombaugh, a janitor-become-astronomer.