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2 Pluto Moons in Need of Devilish Names
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| Feb 11, 2013 1:03 PM CST
Posted on 02/12/2013 11:05:53 AM PST by BenLurkin
Astronomers announced a contest today to name the two itty-bitty moons of Pluto discovered over the past two years. Three Pluto moons already have names associated with Hades and the underworld: Charon, the ferryman of Hades; the half-human, half-fish spirit Nix; and the multi-headed monster Hydra.
The two unnamed moons need similarly shady references. Right now, they go by the bland titles of P4 and P5. They're no more than 15 to 20 miles across. Online voting will last two weeks. Twelve choices are available at plutorocks.com,
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; moons; p4; p5; planets; pluto; rings
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Too bad they don't take write-ins....
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:05:59 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:07:56 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: BenLurkin
I thought Pluto was declared "not a planet." If it is not a planet, how can it have moons?
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:09:04 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(Soon the "invisible hand" will press the economic "reset" button.)
To: BenLurkin
Dis, Abbadon and Washington
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:09:50 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: BenLurkin
Huey and Louie.
Or Farrakhan and Wright.
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:11:15 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:11:39 AM PST
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes everything)
To: BenLurkin
Little Rock #1
Little Rock #2
Circling Big Rock that used to be a planet.
To: BenLurkin
BSD ... pronounced: "beastie"
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:12:08 AM PST
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:13:37 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: BenLurkin
To: TexasCajun
“Little Rock #1 Little Rock #2 Circling Big Rock that used to be a planet.”
That was funny.
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:21:37 AM PST
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
To: BenLurkin
Iblis, Arabic for the Devil. Gehenna, Hebrew for Hell
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:24:16 AM PST
by
1raider1
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:27:58 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: BenLurkin
2 Pluto Moons in Need of Devilish NamesChicago and Detroit
Barry and Michelle
Bill and Hillary
Seriously, I can do this all day long.
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:29:33 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Cowboy Bob
Some would argue that Charon and Pluto are actually a “double dwarf” planet, since the center of mass of the two lies between them and not beneath the surface of either one. The earth barely escapes the ignominy of being part of the earth-moon double planet system because the center of mass of the earth moon system is about 1000 miles below the surface of the earth.
Charon and Pluto are also the only bodies in the solar system known to be mutually “tidally locked”. The moon is tidally locked to the earth, i.e., it always keep the same face towards the earth. Charon and Pluto always keep the same hemisphere towards each other.
To: BenLurkin
Cerberus, the three headed guard dog of hades.
Persephone, the wife of Pluto.
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:39:04 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
To: BenLurkin
To: Cowboy Bob
It’s still a planet, just a dwarf planet.
To: JerseyanExile
>>It’s still a planet, just a dwarf planet.<<
Hey! That’s “little people” planet!
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posted on
02/12/2013 11:41:15 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(I learned everything I needed to know about racism from Colin Powell)
To: BenLurkin
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