[meteorite-list] NEW PLANETARY NAMES

Darren Garrison cynapse at charter.net
Thu Aug 17 23:05:53 EDT 2006


On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:59:55 -0400, you wrote:

>Oh...  Why name the planets after a god/godess?  What's wrong with Bernhard,
>Mary, Ann, Richard, Mike, etc. etc.

Tradition, I suppose.  But if they name too many objects, they may have to start
looking for other sources.  Like maybe naming them from characters in popular
Science Fiction franchises.  So how about planets Aunt Beru, Captain Janeway,
and Hot Blonde Cylon Chick?



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