Plutos New Moons Part 2, News ... |
Plutos New Moons Part 2, News ... |
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Orbits and photometry of Pluto's satellites: Charon, S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512491 Orbital periods: Charon - 6.3872304 +/- 0.0000011 days S/2005 P2 - 24.8562 +/- 0.0013 days S/2005 P1 - 38.2065 +/- 0.0014 days Note: The old thread - http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...wtopic=1622&hl= -------------------- - blue_scape / Nico -
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No one's mentioned Proserpina, Queen of the Underword and Pluto's wife. Even though the names have already been given to asteroids, I think Cerberus and Proserpina are the most appropriate.
One name that hasn't been given to an asteroid but which would result in some amusing double-takes is Mors (death). |
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No one's mentioned Proserpina, Queen of the Underword and Pluto's wife. Even though the names have already been given to asteroids, I think Cerberus and Proserpina are the most appropriate. Probably the reason nobody's mentioned Proserpina or Persephone is that many people are figuring that those names are first in line for 2003 UB313. That's why I didn't mention them, at least. [Edit: Yeah, Bruce, Cerberus and Orthrus were brothers. Orthrus only had two heads, though. Budget cuts.] |
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