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Offline Harlax

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Pluto's Moons - Vote For Vulcan!
« on: February 22, 2013, 09:00:47 pm »
https://sites.google.com/a/plutorocks.com/voting/

Now we can have Vulcan in our very own solar system.  Shatner and Nimoy are promoting this.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/22/us/pluto-moon-vulcan/index.html?hpt=hp_c4


Apologies if this has been posted before. 
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Re: Pluto's Moons - Vote For Vulcan!
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2013, 10:44:03 pm »
I'd have to say no.  It seems odd to name something so far away from the sun for the god of the forge.  Since two of Pluto's three previously known moons are named for Charon and Nyx, I'd rather keep with the theme of naming its moons for mythical characters associated with Pluto/Hades and the underworld.
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Re: Pluto's Moons - Vote For Vulcan!
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2013, 09:03:20 am »
Vulcan should be hot or at the very least a mineral rich place.
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Re: Pluto's Moons - Vote For Vulcan!
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2013, 10:27:12 pm »
Ok, how about Andoria?  Or Exo III?
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Re: Pluto's Moons - Vote For Vulcan!
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2013, 06:40:59 pm »
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Re: Pluto's Moons - Vote For Vulcan!
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2013, 01:54:11 am »
And the results are in!  Vulcan had by far the most votes, and I'm guessing the other moon will be named after Cerberus.  It's up to the selection committee, of course, but I suspect there will be a riot if Vulcan is rejected!
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Vulcan 174,062 votes
Cerberus 99,432 votes
Styx 87,858
etc. etc. etc.
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