Exactly. Why waste "Vulcan," and "Orpheus" and "Styx" on these little guys. My personal favorites are "Obol" and "Lethe." They go together well and seem more appropriate (and in the case of "Obol") even descriptive. ~Kelly
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Message: 5 Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:00:48 -0700 From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Name Pluto's newest moons! Message-ID: < CAHmuOYqKN3wYVKD2KZ1kjP+PUFiL-bDXiNYcMMvEBAgtQcGgig@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
We are going to use-up all the good names on boulders, then have to scrape the bottom of the barrel when naming all of those much larger "dwarf planets" *beyond *Pluto.
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