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help wanted to name pluto's moons
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king4
Pyroteque Heavy Industries
#1 - 2013-02-12 04:18:43 UTC
You can vote to name the moons on plutorocks.com until noon EST (1700 GMT) on Feb. 25. Write-in ballots are also encouraged.

There are 2 names particular they already have posted for ideas, cerberus, and Erebus. There are also several others, but lets try and get these 2 names voted to number 1 and 2 spots.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-02-12 06:11:31 UTC
king4 wrote:
You can vote to name the moons on http://www.plutorocks.com/ until noon EST (1700 GMT) on Feb. 25. Write-in ballots are also encouraged.

There are 2 names particular they already have posted for ideas, cerberus, and Erebus. There are also several others, but lets try and get these 2 names voted to number 1 and 2 spots.


Fixed the link for you.

Cerberus is good since it's the three-headed dog who guards the gates to the underworld.

I think the other choice should be Styx since it's the river that separates the Earth from the underworld.

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Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-02-12 06:17:33 UTC
Pluto is not a planet, and therefore, it does not have moons.

"A moon is defined to be a celestial body that makes an orbit around a planet, including the eight major planets, dwarf planets, and minor planets. A moon may also be referred to as a natural satellite, although to differentiate it from other astronomical bodies orbiting another body, e.g. a planet orbiting a star, the term moon is used exclusively to make a reference to a planet’s natural satellite."

from: http://www.universetoday.com/60072/what-is-a-moon/

"Astronomers from the association were given the opportunity to vote on the definition of planets. One version of the definition would have actually boosted the number of planets to 12; Pluto was still a planet, and so were Eris and even Ceres, which had been thought of as the largest asteroid. A different proposal kept the total at 9, defining the planets as just the familiar ones we know without any scientific rationale, and a third would drop the number of planets down to 8, and Pluto would be out of the planet club. But, then… what is Pluto?

In the end, astronomers voted for the controversial decision of demoting Pluto (and Eris) down to the newly created classification of “dwarf planet”. "

from: http://www.universetoday.com/13573/why-pluto-is-no-longer-a-planet/

TL:DR;

Pluto is not a planet therefore it does not have 'moons'. As it does not have 'moons', there is no reason to name these 'moons'.

/thread.
Tomcio FromFarAway
Singularity's Edge
#4 - 2013-02-12 07:41:00 UTC
Arronicus wrote:
Pluto is not a planet, and therefore, it does not have moons.


Pluto is a dwarf planet and therefore it does have moons ( five to be exact ).

Arronicus wrote:
/thread.


Thank you for your useless and misleading contribution.


@OP
I vote Erebus
Jacob Holland
Weyland-Vulcan Industries
#5 - 2013-02-12 08:42:58 UTC
I thought Charon, and Erebus were already among Pluto's moons...

(And yes, as per the quoted definition,
Quote:
"A moon is defined to be a celestial body that makes an orbit around a planet, including the eight major planets, dwarf planets eg: Pluto, and minor planets.
Whitehound
#6 - 2013-02-12 09:20:08 UTC
Tomcio FromFarAway wrote:
Pluto is a dwarf planet and therefore it does have moons ( five to be exact ).

He is right though. These are not moons but satellites. Let us just name those.

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Claire Coffee
Coffee Inc
#7 - 2013-02-12 09:40:21 UTC
As far as I know there is no collective agreement Pluto being a planet, a dwarf planet or a plotuid. And some arguments are funny too. Like "it can't clean its orbit of space junk, so it's not a planet" and then the others reply "Jupiter isn't doing too great too" etc.

At the end of the day, it's just a rock anyway.

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Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#8 - 2013-02-12 09:44:10 UTC
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Tomcio FromFarAway
Singularity's Edge
#9 - 2013-02-12 09:45:03 UTC
Whitehound wrote:
Tomcio FromFarAway wrote:
Pluto is a dwarf planet and therefore it does have moons ( five to be exact ).

He is right though. These are not moons but satellites.


Eh, you mean natural satellites.

Natural satellites == moons

To reiterate : Pluto has five moons ( natural satellites ).
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-02-12 09:48:32 UTC
When I was growing up, Pluto was a planet.

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Whitehound
#11 - 2013-02-12 12:35:07 UTC
Tomcio FromFarAway wrote:
Whitehound wrote:
Tomcio FromFarAway wrote:
Pluto is a dwarf planet and therefore it does have moons ( five to be exact ).

He is right though. These are not moons but satellites.


Eh, you mean natural satellites.

Natural satellites == moons

To reiterate : Pluto has five moons ( natural satellites ).


No, just satellites. It needs no further distinction here. Pluto was a planet with moons. Now it is a dwarf planet with satellites.

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Nix Anteris
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#12 - 2013-02-12 13:43:57 UTC
Pluto will always be my favourite planet.

I'm voting that it receives an orbiting Erebus to stop you young whippersnappers from bullying it any more.
Buhhdust Princess
Mind Games.
#13 - 2013-02-12 13:53:31 UTC
Someone suggest Vindicator?

Because that would be awesome.. OR moros ofc.
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#14 - 2013-02-12 13:54:17 UTC
Vote Macharial you Idjots!
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#15 - 2013-02-12 15:45:37 UTC
Planet, planetoid, dwarf planet... WTF is this, Starbucks!?
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-02-12 15:55:11 UTC
"That's no moon... and the other four are looking damn unfriendly, too."

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