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Jamie Collins
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"There are rules, decided upon by the International Astronomical Union, for the naming of most everything in the sky. Craters on Mercury have to be named for deceased poets; moons of Uranus are named for Shakespearean characters. For this type of [Brown's newly discovered] object in the Kuiper belt, the rules said that the name had to be a creation deity in a mythology."
— Apr 08, 2011 06:36AM
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Will
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"Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science."
— Apr 04, 2011 10:00AM
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Jamie Collins
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Poor old Pluto. But hey, I didn't know that Mike Brown is from Huntsville.
— Mar 29, 2011 10:46AM
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