
Ep271 - Neil deGrasse Tyson | The Pluto Files
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Planet Moons - Named After Roman Gods
The tradition for naming planet moons has been to name the moon after an assorted greek character. Uranus, the planet discovered by herschel, is the only exception to this rule. The moons of uranus are named for assortid characters, fictional characters ind shakespearian literature. It's like puck oberon portiaa lot of characters from a midsummer's night dream.
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