Vote to name Pluto's two (2) recently discovered moons! (Voting ends Feb25)

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Which will you pick? This poll is closed.
Acheron	111	7.37%
Alecto	17	1.13%
Cerberus	256	16.99%
Erebus	98	6.50%
Eurydice	51	3.38%
Heracles	18	1.19%
Hypnos	82	5.44%
Lethe	59	3.92%
Obol	42	2.79%
Orpheus	106	7.03%
Persephone	149	9.89%
Styx	264	17.52%
Sexteroid	135	8.96%
Impastabowl	119	7.90%
Total:	1507 votes

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biznatchio: Mar 31, 2001; Maybe being the intersect wouldn't be so bad after all.

Disappointed that Rupert isn't an option.

# ? Feb 20, 2013 18:33

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# ? May 22, 2013 11:53

MrTpug: Feb 16, 2011

Let's call one Turd Ferguson! That's a good name.

# ? Feb 20, 2013 19:57

The Whole Internet: May 26, 2010

A vote for anything other than Cerberus and Styx at this point is a vote for Vulcan. It's like the American electoral system. Vote for the lesser evil.

# ? Feb 20, 2013 20:10

Zen Punk: Dec 26, 2005; interfaced

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!

# ? Feb 20, 2013 20:38

That DICK!: Sep 28, 2010

MrTpug posted:

Let's call one Turd Ferguson! That's a good name.

Put a big funny hat on it. It's a funny hat. See it's bigger, it's funny.

# ? Feb 20, 2013 22:03

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; Some missions, you just can't get rid of a bomb

Voted for Persephone in honor of the best sci-fi adventure game

# ? Feb 21, 2013 00:03

The Whole Internet: May 26, 2010

Way to go humanity. Charon, Nix, Hydra, Cerberus, and Vulcan

# ? Feb 21, 2013 00:24

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Vulcan is already taken by a hypothetical planet that turned out not to exist, damnit! And we still haven't ruled out the existance of Vulcanoid Asteroids. The word is taken.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 05:18

when worlds collide: Mar 7, 2007; my feet firmly planted
on what, I do not know

If it seriously wins, I will be erm, kind of gently annoyed, I guess.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 07:32

comes along bort: Sep 12, 2012

Weedlord and Bonerhitler

Anything else is uncivilized.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 10:28

Chamber Music: Jul 11, 2010

Geordi and Data.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 13:21

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009

Id�fix and Milou (Dogmatix and Snowy in English)

# ? Feb 21, 2013 13:27

Hex Vision: Jun 6, 2010; Game over, boys.

Chamber Music posted:

Geordi and Data.

Honestly a better option than Vulcan. How I wish that Patrick Stewart would tweet about this.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:25

Hot Jam: Feb 23, 2005

I love star trek but Vulcan its a stupid name for an ice moon. Also if you want to be reasonable about this trek fans don't you want to save Vulcan for a cool planet instead of a satellite of a not-even-planet?

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:30

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011

Hot Jam posted:

I love star trek but Vulcan its a stupid name for an ice moon. Also if you want to be reasonable about this trek fans don't you want to save Vulcan for a cool planet instead of a satellite of a not-even-planet?

I doubt they even know Vulcan is a real world mythological figure.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:32

toby: Dec 4, 2002

Voted Sexteroid.

Vulcan is a terrible name and everyone is a dumb nerd.

Kurtofan posted:

I doubt they even know Vulcan is a real world mythological figure.

Yes. Blacksmithing and fire guy, great name for a tiny ice moon.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:32

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009

Hot Jam posted:

I love star trek but Vulcan its a stupid name for an ice moon.

Yeah, should be Hoth.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:35

Hot Jam: Feb 23, 2005

Kurtofan posted:

I doubt they even know Vulcan is a real world mythological figure.

There't that too, and that its related to fire and this is the opposite. Just trying to speak a language they will care about.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:36

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011

According to this BBC article, the IAU has the final word on the names, hopefully they won't allow Vulcan:

quote:

The team have said they would take the results of the vote into account when they propose their choices to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). However, the IAU has the final say on the matter.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21526436

# ? Feb 21, 2013 16:37

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Plus, we need to save the name Vulcan in case we find any planets in orbit of 40 Eridani.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 17:20

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Nightmare fuel

Kurtofan posted:

According to this BBC article, the IAU has the final word on the names, hopefully they won't allow Vulcan:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21526436

One of the few times I've actually wanted the people in charge of one of these naming contests to ignore the popular results.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 21:11

Shadeoses: May 31, 2011; In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten.

~uguu~

The tiny meteor-sized ice moon Vulcan? That doesn't even make sense by Star Trek, that planet was a volcanic desert hellhole. Call it Remus or something.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 21:21

The Whole Internet: May 26, 2010

Shadeoses posted:

The tiny meteor-sized ice moon Vulcan? That doesn't even make sense by Star Trek, that planet was a volcanic desert hellhole. Call it Remus or something.

Already taken.

Rura Penthe would make more sense but it isn't a roman god.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 21:25

Blast of Confetti: Apr 21, 2008

"And this, children, is one of Pluto's moon which we call Vulcan. Why did we name a small frosty moon after the god of fire and forging? Well, you see class, there was this cheesy television show back in the 70s..."

# ? Feb 21, 2013 21:30

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Nightmare fuel

Blast of Confetti posted:

"And this, children, is one of Pluto's moon which we call Vulcan. Why did we name a small frosty moon after the god of fire and forging? Well, you see class, there was this cheesy television show back in the 70s..."

poo poo's gonna get confusing in the 26th century when you have to explain that it was the 1970's, then explain what television was, then explain what cheese was.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 21:35

Astroman: Apr 8, 2001; CARTMEL MASTERPLAN AND/OR LOOMS APOLOGIST

Lobok posted:

One of the few times I've actually wanted the people in charge of one of these naming contests to ignore the popular results.

Luckily the IAU is made up of astronomers, most of whom aren't likely to be in favor of nerdy sci-fi...oh.

# ? Feb 21, 2013 22:39

Fojar38: Sep 1, 2011

Vulcan is up to 135,000 or so while it's closest competitor, Styx, is at roughly 80,000. I don't see how this can be won. All we can do now is hope that the people who actually name the moons are smarter.

# ? Feb 22, 2013 12:01

The X-man cometh: Nov 1, 2009

Why can't they have multiple Vulcans, like they have multiple Springfields? You just have to refer to Vulcan, Sol or Vulcan, Eridani.

# ? Feb 22, 2013 14:42

Astroman: Apr 8, 2001; CARTMEL MASTERPLAN AND/OR LOOMS APOLOGIST

Fojar38 posted:

Vulcan is up to 135,000 or so while it's closest competitor, Styx, is at roughly 80,000. I don't see how this can be won. All we can do now is hope that the people who actually name the moons are smarter.

Time to call in the Styx fans!

# ? Feb 22, 2013 15:26

Hex Vision: Jun 6, 2010; Game over, boys.

Astroman posted:

Time to call in the Styx fans!

Then we would just have Styx and Vulcan, instead of Vulcan and Styx. Let's face it: the fate of our solar system is now being guided by people who prefer listening to Mr. Tambourine Man.

Hex Vision fucked around with this message at Feb 27, 2013 around 20:34

# ? Feb 22, 2013 17:16

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# ? May 22, 2013 11:53

Supreme Allah: Oct 6, 2004; Your flesh mother used to bring me pudding.

'Ninth' and 'Planet'. There's your Pluto moon names. Scientists are starting to piss me off man.

# ? Mar 4, 2013 04:26

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