[meteorite-list] Pluto's Twin Moons Get Their Names

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jun 20 22:27:28 2006
Message-ID: <oibh9215ahdkt6t49ghltch8eub66sgvun_at_4ax.com>

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:05:07 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>Because an asteroid with the name Nyx already
>exists, the IAU decided to use a slightly different spelling for the
>inner one of the two small Plutonian moons, to avoid confusion.

Hm. If it is as simple as that, I'm sure that we could come up with some
alternate spellings for "Persephone".
Received on Tue 20 Jun 2006 10:28:54 PM PDT