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Stu
post Jun 21 2006, 05:31 AM
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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!! biggrin.gif biggrin.gif


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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
- - Stu   The naming of Hydra "could possibly" hel...   Jun 21 2006, 05:56 PM
|- - punkboi   QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 21 2006, 10:56 AM) The n...   Jun 21 2006, 06:19 PM
|- - Alan Stern   QUOTE (punkboi @ Jun 21 2006, 06:19 PM) M...   Jun 21 2006, 07:45 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 21 2006, 11:45 AM...   Jun 21 2006, 10:58 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Jun 21 2006, 12:45 PM...   Jun 21 2006, 11:00 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 22 2006, 12:00 AM...   Jun 21 2006, 11:06 PM
|- - mcaplinger   Furthermore, if it's claimed that Charon was n...   Jun 21 2006, 11:27 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: Forced...   Jul 6 2006, 08:42 PM

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