From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 15:12:24 MST
--- avatar <avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au> wrote:
> "California Über Alles" goes the line the Dead Kennedy's penned...
> =Quaoar the planet=
>
> interesting to note how times have changed since 1930, when
> it was still regarded as gauche to name Pluto anything other than a
> Romano-Greek deity, by Americans themselves... even in 1978, the
> American discoverers of Charon still felt impelled by Spockian logic
> towards "heritage" value... now the great force of creation of the
> Tongva Californian tribe takes its place alongside Mercury and his
> chums... thanks to CalTech dreaming.
Well, there are already asteroids named after Jerry Garcia, Eric
Clapton, and the four Beatles, so it aint so gauche anymore.
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