Fun thread: name Pluto's moons!

[CalliArcale]

Pluto has three moons now; Charon, S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2. The latter two desperately need names. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> Let's have some fun and think some up!<br /><br />As a reference, here are links listing names that have already been used:<br /><br />Named Minor Planets<br />The Nine Planets<br />Jupiter's Known Satellites<br />Saturn's Known Satellites<br />Uranus' Known Satellites<br />Neptune's Known Satellites <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[Philotas]

Erebus and Nyx! The parents of Charon in greek mythology.<br /><br />Unfortunately Nyx is already used, so it should be Styx instead, the river of wich Charon ferried the dead soules over. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Wilma and Betty?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[thechemist]

If it was just one moon, I would suggest Cerberus, the guardian dog of the underworld (this would be ok sizewise also <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> ). <br />However we have two moons, so .... maybe we should go with two of the rivers that surrounded the underworld.<br /> The Acheron (river of woe), The Cocytus (river of lamentation), The Phlegethon (river of fire), The Styx (river of unbreakable oath by which the gods swear), and The Lethe (river of forgetfulness).<br /><br />Acheron and Lethe would be my guesses, based on phonetics mainly. (Styx is already taken by a rock band <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> ) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

Oooh, I like that. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />A companion to Cerberus could be Garm. Garm is another mythical hound, but he guards the entrance to Niflheim, the Norse version of the underworld. <br /><br />EDIT: Shoot, looks like Cerberus is taken by a minor planet. Perhaps to accompany Garm we could have Naglfar, the dead man's nail ship? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[the_masked_squiggy]

I personally was thinking of Lethe and Mnemosyme.

 

[odysseus145]

Bill and Ted? <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[najab]

><i>Bill and Ted?</i><p>Excellent!</p>

 

[rfoshaug]

Tweedledee and Tweedledum! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff9900">----------------------------------</font></p><p><font color="#ff9900">My minds have many opinions</font></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Mnemosyme<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Ooh, I like that one! I especially like the idea of newscasters trying to pronounce it. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> (I had the displeasure of watching "Discoveries this Week" absolutely butcher the pronunciation of Dione. They called it "DEE-on", if you can believe that.) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[vogon13]

Hadrian and Antinous.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />NIAGT. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[mpai]

I guess, the name should be appealing one to Disney, since they had named their cartoon character after Pluto. Today we are naming most of the features on Mars and else where after Disney character.<br /><br />They did not use Charon. Lets hope the names of the new satellites are something pleasant and also liked by children.<br />

 

[bobw]

My initial gut reaction was Orpheus and Heracles, living souls who crossed the Styx, but the minor planets have those already. I suppose I could settle for Elysium and Tartarus, the heaven and hell of the Underworld.<br /><br />Thanks for the links to used names <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[mikeemmert]

(Styx is already taken by a rock band ) <br /><br />So what? <br /><br />They would probably appreciate it.<br /><br />If it was named Lethe, students would forget it's name.<br /><br />I would go with Styx and Phlegethon.

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>If it was named Lethe, students would forget it's name. <p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />*groans*<br /><br />Okay, how about Nepenthe? I've always liked that word. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>