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Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto
      #5677529 - 02/13/13 11:46 AM
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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: PhilCo126]
      #5678263 - 02/13/13 07:59 PM
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Alecto and Eurydice. Those are my votes and I'm stickin to em.

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: Skip]
      #5678428 - 02/13/13 09:47 PM
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I went with Lethe and Obol, just because they roll strangely off the tongue.

It seems to me that a lot of those other names are already taken.

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: PhilCo126]
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Styx and Hypnos. Too bad ELO wasn't on the ballot.

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: PhilCo126]
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Goofy and Donald Duck.

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: Mister T]
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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: jkaiser]
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I choose Persephone and Styx.

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Mister T
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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: Darren Bly]
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How come they put Styx on the list but not the Beatles or the Stones!?

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: Mister T]
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Welcome to the ugly inner world of science at work. It's like making sausage.



Or if nothing else, we're making a hash out of this thread...

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Sheldon and Leonard (hey, I like THE BIG BANG THEORY)

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Cerberus ( big mass effect fan ) and Vulcan.

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PANDORA

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Quote:

PANDORA



Isn't that already a moon of Saturn?

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Quote:

Quote:

PANDORA



Isn't that already a moon of Saturn?



Yup, there is Pan that orbits inside the Encke Division, and Pandora orbits out in or near the F-ring. Clear skies to you.

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: David Knisely]
      #5690757 - 02/20/13 12:14 PM
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I picked Styx and Orpheus, although I was thinking it's too bad they don't have Coyote and Roadrunner as choices.

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Re: Name the new moons of (dwarfplanet) Pluto new [Re: hm insulators]
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Looking forward to the results...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXhXyR7RcKk

Top 5:
Vulcan
Cerberus
Styx
Persephone
Orpheus

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How come they put Styx on the list but not the Beatles or the Stones!?




Hello and Goodbye....

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Relatively and Cousinly ....

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It's time to get real...



Justin Bieber and Britney Spears .....

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Binky and Stinky....

(What more do they need....)

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Eenie and Meenie...
Leave room for new discoveries

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Red and Harold. As in Red Green and his nephew.

Edited by hm insulators (03/26/13 12:13 PM)

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I just thought of another one: Guns and Roses.

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