Astronomers need your help naming the two recently discovered moons around Pluto. But there are rules to this interstellar name game. Trace has the details. Vote To Name Pluto’s Moons Here: plutorocks.seti.org Read More iau.org www.weasner.com nineplanets.org www.universetoday.com www.iau.org curious.astro.cornell.edu aa.usno.navy.mil airandspace.si.edu planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov www.howstuffworks.com starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov DNews is a show about the science of everyday life. We post two new videos every day of the week. Watch More www.youtube.com Subscribe www.youtube.com DNews Twitter twitter.com Anthony Carboni Twitter: twitter.com Laci Green Twitter twitter.com Trace Dominguez Twitter twitter.com DNews Facebook www.facebook.com DNews Google+ plus.google.com DNews Website discoverynews.com
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14Feb
Posted by Pluto @ 2:30 am
25 Responses
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Thank you for posting the? voting link!
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
me too!!?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Is that a Titan AE? reference?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Tera glory? to the emperor
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
PLUTO’S BITCH. hahahahhahaa that made? my day. Thanks Trace!
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
krystallos?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Boreas .. the north wind and bringer of cold winter? air
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Urgentials?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Trace is SOOOOOOO? HAWT!
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
The voting ends on my birthday, it should be named after me! :)?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Pluto has 5 moons now? I seem to remember a time when it had only one (known) moon (back when it was a planet,? you know?). I like Cerberus. It can guard the inner moons that way.
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
His shirt is? awesome
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Loki?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Noxas?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
urentia?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Welcome to? bob
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
“Deadpool” the moon? with the mouth
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
To be honest, I got in the studio and just said it… I learned how the discoverer, James W. Christy, spotted it in 1978 and wanted to name it after his wife, Charlene, but couldn’t based on IAU rules. Instead he picked Charon — ferryman of the dead — because of the similarity. Soooo… I pronounced the beginning like Charlene! It might be wrong, but at least I had a? reason? Right? Maybe? Guys? *crickets* – Trace
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
… and interestingly enough, Bastet was once a much higher? goddess but was demoted from a higher-goddess to a lower-goddess much like Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet.
and cats… because… well, cats!
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Asking the internet to name something? okay… something cat related… something cat related… Oh!!
Bastet! Egyptian? goddess of cats!
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
as for earth, for you that’s the name, but it’s different in almost every language! terra isn’t that bad of a proposittion, it’s “la terre” in french – almost the same. in norwegian we call it “jorda”? ou “jorden”. both the french and the norwegian names mean “earth” as in “soil”
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Bob – planet bob! i think that’s from? a movie.. :3
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
i would rename Earth? “Big Blue”…
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Persephone?
February 14th, 2013 at 2:30 am
Phoebus -? Alpha Centauri