Posted on 02/24/2013 11:02:41 AM PST by EveningStar
'Vulcan' could be the name of Pluto's recently discovered moons. The name, which Star Trek fans will know as Spock's home planet, is currently leading an online poll which could decide one of the two 20-30km moons discovered by the Hubble telescope between 2011 and 2012.
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Illogical.
OK then, you got my attention...
I somehow would have thought that “Micky” would be somewhat appropriate.
I would rather save Vulcan for something a little more interesting than a tiny, rocky moon.
Good point.
They should call it Tinkerbell.
I’ve been to Vulcan...Alberta that is!
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Thanks EveningStar.
What color are the people there?
Thanks EveningStar.
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Since Tinkerbell isn’t on the list I’m going with obol.
If Pluto is not a Planet, how can she have a Moon?
Dumb, IMO. Those people must be completely unaware of the Greco/Roman mythology of Hephaestus/Vulcan.
Listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson on why he removed Pluto from the Solar system display at the Hayden Planetarium, his reasoning was that if Pluto was put in the same orbit as the Earth, it would "melt" away.
Why then, would any educated person want to associate such a property (assuming said moon is like Pluto) with the mythological blacksmith that worked with fire and iron?
They look like this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77BBHjU_tOE
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