[meteorite-list] Hubble Space Telescope discovers 4th moon around Pluto

From: Elizabeth Warner <warnerem_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:02:12 -0400
Message-ID: <4E274254.2000207_at_astro.umd.edu>

I really don't care... I was just passing along what one of the
discoverers had expressed as his preference...

Clear Skies!
Elizabeth



On 7/20/2011 4:56 PM, lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu wrote:
> Hi Elizabeth:
>
> The big problem with cerberus is that there is already 1865 Cerberus, an
> Apollo asteroid. IAU Nomenclatur Committee tries to avoid duplication like
> that though there are several existing examples.
>
> Larry
>
>> Actually, one of the discoverers (Dr. Doug Hamilton, UMaryland) has a
>> preference for Cerberus...
>>
>> Fits in with the mythology... and as the discoverers, Showalter and
>> Hamilton get to name it...
>>
>> Clear Skies!
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>>
Received on Wed 20 Jul 2011 05:02:12 PM PDT