From: avatar (avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 00:17:59 MST
Thanks very much for the info Harvey.
However, if "Objects sufficiently outside Neptune's orbit that orbital
stability is
reasonably assured for a substantial fraction of the lifetime of the solar
system are given mythological names associated with creation" where did
Pluto and
Charon come from? Probably this rule did not apply when Charon was named?
If consistency had been respected, for example, Ge (greek form, Roman
Gaia) - mother of Uranus -
should have been chosen, rather than Quaoar.
I guess no one was expecting a new planet, the above rule about "creation"
seems to have been made
up with this born in mind - otherwise it might have had a reference to
Graeco-Roman in it.
I suspected corporate sponsorship of universities may result in a Coke
asteroid by 2007. Also
the number of astronomical bodies will require naming flexibility. Guess
we'll see.
Avatar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:59 PM
Subject: RE: COKE BET
>
> avatar wrote,
> > I find it strange that no one has publicly noted the disparity. Okay,
> perhaps
> > it's not a planet but a Kuiper ring object like Pluto, but what the hey,
I
> come from
> > a "continent" that also an "island" (Australia) (formerly New Holland).
It
> is
> > an interesting note that consistency has been thrown out. Sociologically
> > interesting. (I assume the relevant astronomical scientific body will
> > approve the two discoverer's choice, if it hasn't already)
>
> The rules are at <http://www.ss.astro.umd.edu/IAU/csbn/mpnames.shtml>.
>
> - Trojan asteroids (those that librate in 1:1 resonance with Jupiter) are
> named for heroes of the Trojan War (Greeks at L4 and Trojans at L5).
> - Trans-Jovian planets crossing or approaching the orbit of a giant planet
> but not in a stabilizing resonance are named for centaurs
> - Objects crossing or approaching the orbit of Neptune and in stabilizing
> resonances other than 1:1 are given mythological names associated with the
> underworld.
> - Objects sufficiently outside Neptune's orbit that orbital stability is
> reasonably assured for a substantial fraction of the lifetime of the solar
> system are given mythological names associated with creation.
> - Objects that approach or cross Earth's orbit are given mythological
names.
>
> --
> Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <http://HarveyNewstrom.com>
>
>
>
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