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	Comments on: Solar-orbiting asteroid that is a quasi-moon of Venus gets a name	</title>
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		By: pouncer		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NOW the RadioLab team wants to name one of Earth&#039;s own quasi-moons.  

I hope we can focus on 2006-FV35, the &quot;easiest&quot; of several to reach with our current rockets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(277810)_2006_FV35

Soft land your instruments there and you -- eventually -- fly by both Mars and Venus.   

It&#039;s easier to market a moon mission, even a quasi-moon mission, if the moon has a cool name. 

Meanwhile there are  twitter disputes about whether or not to invent a Greek Myth for some novel, fictional (mythically mythical?) character named Zoozve, romantic object of affection by both Venus and Apollo.  Also,  assuming the classical Greeks DID have a mythical character named Zoozve, how would the name be pronounced?  &quot;zoh-OZ-vee&quot;?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NOW the RadioLab team wants to name one of Earth&#8217;s own quasi-moons.  </p>
<p>I hope we can focus on 2006-FV35, the &#8220;easiest&#8221; of several to reach with our current rockets.<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(277810)_2006_FV35" rel="nofollow ugc">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(277810)_2006_FV35</a></p>
<p>Soft land your instruments there and you &#8212; eventually &#8212; fly by both Mars and Venus.   </p>
<p>It&#8217;s easier to market a moon mission, even a quasi-moon mission, if the moon has a cool name. </p>
<p>Meanwhile there are  twitter disputes about whether or not to invent a Greek Myth for some novel, fictional (mythically mythical?) character named Zoozve, romantic object of affection by both Venus and Apollo.  Also,  assuming the classical Greeks DID have a mythical character named Zoozve, how would the name be pronounced?  &#8220;zoh-OZ-vee&#8221;?</p>
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		By: markedup2		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#039;s a really good video about this, but I can&#039;t find it my browsing history or YouTube search. This article is a good summary: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/how-venus-ended-up-with-a-mini-moon-named-zoozve/

The dad actually tracked it all down when he thought, &quot;Venus has no moon&quot; and wondered why the picture had one.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a really good video about this, but I can&#8217;t find it my browsing history or YouTube search. This article is a good summary: <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/how-venus-ended-up-with-a-mini-moon-named-zoozve/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/how-venus-ended-up-with-a-mini-moon-named-zoozve/</a></p>
<p>The dad actually tracked it all down when he thought, &#8220;Venus has no moon&#8221; and wondered why the picture had one.</p>
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		By: Dick Eagleson		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 01:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We should probably count ourselves fortunate that this object was given a nonsense name instead of the name of some deity of some obscure non-white tribe somewhere in Backofbeyondistan - those being the sorts of monikers recently popular with the oh-so-woke grandees of the IAU.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We should probably count ourselves fortunate that this object was given a nonsense name instead of the name of some deity of some obscure non-white tribe somewhere in Backofbeyondistan &#8211; those being the sorts of monikers recently popular with the oh-so-woke grandees of the IAU.</p>
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		By: The Doctor		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They missed the obvious. Moon of Venus, named on Valentine&#039;s Day, it should have been called Cupid]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They missed the obvious. Moon of Venus, named on Valentine&#8217;s Day, it should have been called Cupid</p>
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		By: sippin_bourbon		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Matt,

You say that, but then the people in charge reject &quot;Boaty McBoatface&quot;

Silliness is not allowed when you point out that they are, in fact, the silly ones.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matt,</p>
<p>You say that, but then the people in charge reject &#8220;Boaty McBoatface&#8221;</p>
<p>Silliness is not allowed when you point out that they are, in fact, the silly ones.</p>
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		By: Jeremy, Alabama		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy, Alabama]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reminds me of a great story I read in a history of the Pacific rim.

There were a small number of trading posts along the coast of Alaska. A cartographer collected all available trader scribble maps and wrote up a collated map for printing. The printer noticed an ink dot on the map, scribbled the word &quot;name?&quot; with an arrow to it. The word &quot;name&quot; got misread as &quot;nome&quot;, and was written onto the published map. Traders would sail along the coast to that place, see nothing but a large sandy gravel beach, and lay out their skins. Eventually shacks appeared, then a town, and Nome was born.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reminds me of a great story I read in a history of the Pacific rim.</p>
<p>There were a small number of trading posts along the coast of Alaska. A cartographer collected all available trader scribble maps and wrote up a collated map for printing. The printer noticed an ink dot on the map, scribbled the word &#8220;name?&#8221; with an arrow to it. The word &#8220;name&#8221; got misread as &#8220;nome&#8221;, and was written onto the published map. Traders would sail along the coast to that place, see nothing but a large sandy gravel beach, and lay out their skins. Eventually shacks appeared, then a town, and Nome was born.</p>
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		By: InspiredHistoryMike		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was going to 2nd approval of the name after looking at the poster.
Good story and face it, many famous things have been named with more silliness.

However, Pluto is missing. So now I must be outraged!
 ok I&#039;m over it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was going to 2nd approval of the name after looking at the poster.<br />
Good story and face it, many famous things have been named with more silliness.</p>
<p>However, Pluto is missing. So now I must be outraged!<br />
 ok I&#8217;m over it.</p>
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		By: Matt		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 16:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think its a good name. The world needs a bit a silliness from time to time]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think its a good name. The world needs a bit a silliness from time to time</p>
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