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 Jun 21 2006, 05:31 AM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
Pluto's baby twin moons, formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2,
have been christened Nix and Hydra. The objects, discovered last year by the Hubble Space Telescope, received their names from the International Astronomical Union (IAU). A formal announcement will be issued this Friday, 23 June. Hey, they named a moon after an UMSFer!!! Well done Nix!! 
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Jun 21 2006, 05:56 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
The naming of Hydra "could possibly" help convince the IAU to preserve Pluto's planethood, says Steffl.
How would that name convince the IAU? Maybe because some versions of the mythical Hydra have 9 heads... sooooo, the naming could have a subtle "hands off" meaning, i.e. very appropriate to have a 9 headed Hydra standing guard over the 9th planet...? -------------------- |
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Jun 21 2006, 06:19 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 21 2006, 10:56 AM)  The naming of Hydra "could possibly" help convince the IAU to preserve Pluto's planethood, says Steffl. How would that name convince the IAU? Maybe because some versions of the mythical Hydra have 9 heads... sooooo, the naming could have a subtle "hands off" meaning, i.e. very appropriate to have a 9 headed Hydra standing guard over the 9th planet...? Makes sense -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Jun 21 2006, 07:45 PM
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QUOTE (punkboi @ Jun 21 2006, 06:19 PM) Makes sense You will all be interested in dowloading the topmost link at www.boulder.swri.edu/plutomoons This link has the nomination petition that the Pluto moons discovery team made to the IAU at the end of March. Lot's of good info in that; the IAU approved this nomination last week. -Alan |
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Jun 21 2006, 11:00 PM
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QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 21 2006, 12:45 PM) You will all be interested in dowloading the topmost link at www.boulder.swri.edu/plutomoons From the Word document: QUOTE Finally, we note that the proposed names for the new satellites follow the convention of using names from Greek mythology for the satellites of planets, whose names are chosen from Roman mythology (i.e., Pluto is Roman while its satellites Charon, Nyx, and Hydra are all Greek). If there is such a convention, it would seem to not apply to Uranus. -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Jun 21 2006, 11:27 PM
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Furthermore, if it's claimed that Charon was named according to this convention, that's back-rationalization: the name was picked purely because it was close to Jim Christy's wife's name.
-------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Stu Pluto's new moons named... Jun 21 2006, 05:31 AM
dilo Congrats, Nico! Jun 21 2006, 05:38 AM Jyril Source: ScienceNOW daily news article Jun 21 2006, 01:46 PM
odave From the article:
The first letters, N and H, als... Jun 21 2006, 01:54 PM
volcanopele QUOTE (odave @ Jun 21 2006, 06:54 AM) The... Jun 21 2006, 04:44 PM punkboi QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jun 21 2006, 09:44 A... Jun 21 2006, 04:47 PM David QUOTE (Jyril @ Jun 21 2006, 01:46 PM) Sou... Jun 21 2006, 05:36 PM odave QUOTE (David @ Jun 21 2006, 01:36 PM) Whi... Jun 21 2006, 05:54 PM elakdawalla Nix is the inner (f.k.a. P2) and Hydra is the oute... Jun 21 2006, 05:51 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 21 2006, 11:45 AM... Jun 21 2006, 10:58 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 22 2006, 12:00 AM... Jun 21 2006, 11:06 PM David QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 21 2006, 05:31 AM) Pluto... Jun 23 2006, 10:58 PM elakdawalla I couldn't find the statement online, but I re... Jun 23 2006, 11:03 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jun 23 2006, 11:03 P... Jun 23 2006, 11:34 PM AlexBlackwell If anyone has any juice with Phil Plait, aka The B... Jun 26 2006, 11:20 PM The Bad Astronomer QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 26 2006, 04:20... Jun 27 2006, 04:54 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (The Bad Astronomer @ Jun 27 2006, 04... Jun 27 2006, 05:25 PM AlexBlackwell Published online today in Science Express:
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