rtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoPersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1286arrow-down1imagePersonally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".lemmy.worldrtxn@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareloaExMachina@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoWouldn’t make sense for the moon to be different than the god since it’s named after him (hence why they chose that name for a moon of Pluto, lord of the underworld).
minus-squaregeogle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoNamed for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure
Wouldn’t make sense for the moon to be different than the god since it’s named after him (hence why they chose that name for a moon of Pluto, lord of the underworld).
Named for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure