hh5 Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) I wonder if someone suggested romulus and remus lol, stix and stones be funnier It's official! Two tiny moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto finally have new names: Styx and Kerberos. Sorry Shatner, No Vulcan They didn't name the moon Vulcan. I'm sad. Star Trek fans have had it rough. First JJ blows up Vulcan and now SETI finds a loophole to deny it from coming back! Edited July 2, 2013 by hh5
Andy78 Posted July 2, 2013 Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) With one moon already called Nix, I was hoping on P4 and P5 being named "Nought" and "Nothing". There's a Scottish fairy tale NixNoughtNothing that I loved as a child. Edited July 2, 2013 by andy021278 1
Bill W Posted July 5, 2013 Posted July 5, 2013 Personally, I would have enjoyed having them called Vulcan and Klingon, or even Romulus, since I'm a Trek fan. . However, since Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld, they could have named the moon for his Greek counterpart, Hades, and his guard dog, Cerberus. They could have also chosen Ceres and Proserpina. Pluto supposedly took Ceres daughter, Proserpina, to the underworld as his bride. 1
hh5 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Posted July 16, 2013 oh no another moon to name? How about submariner? Nasa's Hubble telescope discovers new Neptune moon
Thorn Wilde Posted July 22, 2013 Posted July 22, 2013 oh no another moon to name? How about submariner? Or Aquaman, perhaps? 1
Celethiel Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 here i thought the moons of pluto had names that went way back... and i thought one was Charon, and i don't remember the other....
Thorn Wilde Posted August 7, 2013 Posted August 7, 2013 here i thought the moons of pluto had names that went way back... and i thought one was Charon, and i don't remember the other.... I guess they found some new ones? We keep discovering new celestial bodies within the solar system, so...
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