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2 Pluto Moons in Need of Devilish Names
ap ^ | Feb 11, 2013 1:03 PM CST

Posted on 02/12/2013 11:05:53 AM PST by BenLurkin

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To: BenLurkin

LOL


61 posted on 02/13/2013 4:06:32 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: JRios1968; houeto

It’s sad, but true.


62 posted on 02/13/2013 6:26:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: BenLurkin
Voting ends at noon EST on Monday, February 25th, 2013.

Go here to vote: http://www.plutorocks.com/

Looks like you can vote multiple times.

You can give a write-in vote, but you have to explain how it fits the "rules." Here is the ballot:

Name Possible Variants Description
Acheron One of the five rivers of the underworld, symbolizing pain.
Alecto One of the furies, hideous snake-haired monsters who were servants of Hades. It was the job of Alecto to punish mortals for their crimes of anger.
Cerberus Kerberos The three-headed dog who guards the gates to the underworld, preventing the dead from escaping.
Erebus A primordial god and the personification of darkness. With Nyx, he fathered many children including Hypnos and Styx.
Eurydice The wife of Orpheus, for whom he entered the underworld. During their journey home, Orpheus violated his agreement with Persephone not to look back, and Eurydice was lost forever.
Heracles Hercules The heroic demigod who slew the Hydra, entered the underworld and who also carried Cerberus back. He is one of very few who ever returned from the underworld.
Hypnos A son of Nyx and the personification of sleep.
Lethe One of the five rivers of the underworld, symbolizing oblivion. It flows through the cave of Hypnos and merges with the river Styx.
Obol Obolus The coin paid to Charon in order to obtain passage across the river Styx.
Orpheus Orfeus A gifted musician who entered the underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice. He charmed Hades and Persephone with his music, and became the only mortal ever to return from the underworld.
Persephone Proserpina A goddess kidnapped by Hades to become the queen of the underworld. She is the symbolizes vegetation and rebirth.
Styx The river that separates Earth from the underworld. This name also refers to the goddess of the river Styx, daughter of Nyx and Erebus.
Vulcan Hephaestus Roman God of fire and smoke, son of Jupiter/Zeus, nephew of Pluto/Hades.

63 posted on 02/13/2013 7:16:56 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant
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