Astronomy - Pluto - English Roundhand

"Pluto, discovered in 1930, was for 76 years considered our 9th planet. After the discovery of several other similar astronomical bodies in 1992, and the promise of discovering hundreds more, the International Astronomical Union was motivated to redefined what constitutes a planet. In 2006

Its status was reclassified as a Minor or Dwarf Planet. Pluto's appearance was a mystery until the New Horizons spacecraft imaged it in a flyby in July of 2015 after a 9 year journey. Pluto has 5 moons. Its largest, Charon, is just over half the size of Pluto, making the two bodies a binary system, which means they orbit each other.

The script style is common English Roundhand. I've used flourish terminations to create the glyph for Pluto: a dot (ball-lobe) nestled in the counter of a crescent (a hooked swell) surmounting a cross (the t)."

~2016, Don Marsh~
©2016 Don Marsh