NASA wants to photograph the surface of an exoplanet

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4 hours ago, TOSK said:

Let’s assume that you’re riding on a spacecraft [etc.]

Dunno what you're on about mate, we're talking about a telescope here. Not travel.

(They do say it will take a considerable time to place the telescope -- the "focal point" is 60 times farther than Saturn. But still much closer than the next star.)

4 hours ago, pachinko said:

Is Pluto really no longer a planet?

It's an arbitrary label. There's literally no reason for anyone to care how Pluto is classified.