[extropy-chat] Our Solar System Planets

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Fri Aug 18 18:14:22 UTC 2006


At 08:03 PM 8/18/2006 +0200, Alfio wrote:

>Interestingly enough, the IAU has never *named* a planet in all its
>history, since they were all aready named. This is their first time,
>so maybe they are just being extra careful :-)

If they showed a decent respect for science fiction, they'd name it 
Proserpine (or Proserpina). Although that should really have gone to Charon.

Damien Broderick





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