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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2019-03-09 04:02 am

Naming Pluto's Places

 Pluto now has official names for some of its places.  I'm thrilled with how multicultural they are.  There's only one female, but that's better than nothing.
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[personal profile] thnidu 2019-03-09 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
And don't forget Pluto's largest moon, Charon, named for the ferryman who carried dead souls over the river Styx (or Acheron) to the underworld, Pluto's realm.

The name is Greek, so the "Ch" is pronounced like a "k", as in "chronic" or "chaos".
Edited 2019-03-09 18:57 (UTC)