Monday, February 11, 2013

Time to Vote for Plutos Two New Moons

Well even thought the ass-grabs from the International Astronomical Union demoted it to dwarf-planet status they discovered two new moons. Here is a ballot for naming the two moons.

Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2011 and 2012 revealed two previously unknown moons of Pluto. So far, we have been calling them "P4" and "P5", but the time has come to give them permanent names. If it were up to you, what would you choose?

By tradition, the names of Pluto's moons come from Greek and Roman mythology, and are related to the ancient tales about Hades and the Underworld. Please pick your favorites on the ballot below. 

Most of the names are kind of dumb but the ones I liked were Cerberus (the three headed dog guardian of the the Underworld) and Styx (the river that led into the Underworld that Charon the Boatman crosses.) I voted for them.

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