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I thought Anno 2205's KREEP was just sci-fi alphabet soup. Turns out it's a real lunar material composed of potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus. K-REE-P.
Astronomers may be brilliant scientists, but they are terrible at making up names.![]()
I think we have enough mythologies to draw names from even if we somehow manage to outdo the Greeks.You are free to supply us with a list of original names for every galaxy and star we spotted so far.Astronomers may be brilliant scientists, but they are terrible at making up names.![]()
If someone was willing to pay me to do just that, I would.You are free to supply us with a list of original names for every galaxy and star we spotted so far.
You are free to supply us with a list of original names for every galaxy and star we spotted so far.
I'm reminded of one of the excuses they gave for demoting Pluto. They said if Pluto were to remain a planet, they'd have to promote a lot of other smaller objects in the solar system to planet status, and people would have a hard time remembering them.You are free to supply us with a list of original names for every galaxy and star we spotted so far.
Why would it not be a real star system?On a related note, TIL Omicron Persei is a real star system. Fingers crossed for real Omicrons too.
They do at the beach.TIL: Most sandwiches don't have sand in them.
Figured it was just made up by Futurama..Why would it not be a real star system?![]()
Next you'll be surprised when I tell you that Sandwich is a town in Kent.TIL: Most sandwiches don't have sand in them.
That's the 4th Earl of Sandwich, after whom the food and the islands were named.I thought Sandwich was a Lord??
The planet is made up. The star itself exists, although it might not actually support planets or intelligent life.Figured it was just made up by Futurama..
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Well, if they didn't give them names that are hard to spell... Ceres is easy. Makemake isn't hard to spell, but I'd bet most people couldn't pronounce it correctly the first time. Sedna isn't bad. Quaoar... took me numerous times to get it right the first time. And of all of these, only Ceres appears to be programmed into my spell checker (a deficiency I have just remedied).
Next you'll be surprised when I tell you that Sandwich is a town in Kent.![]()
Sandwich is a town in Kent.