To: Mike Fieschko
The Huygens probe is named for Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer who discovered the moon.
Man, that must have been back before night was invented.
"Hey, you see that?
What?
That!
What?
The thing, that, that mooon!
Oh, yeah I see it now. hunh, wonder what it's made of?"
4 posted on
11/24/2004 2:03:04 PM PST by
tet68
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To: tet68
They mean Saturn's moon, not Earth's moon.
7 posted on
11/24/2004 2:09:06 PM PST by
rs79bm
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To: tet68
The Huygens probe is named for Christiaan Huygens, the Dutch astronomer who discovered the moon. Man, that must have been back before night was invented.
By "the moon," they mean Titan -- a moon of Saturn.
Even our moon isn't even properly called "the moon." It's called Luna.
9 posted on
11/24/2004 2:25:36 PM PST by
Prime Choice
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