proposed name for Saturnian moon S/2005 S1

"OM" om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote
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On Mon, 23 May 2005 18:58:50 GMT, (Henry Spencer)
wrote:

If memory serves, actually, a lot of the informal Apollo names -- not all
of them, but quite a few -- *have* been blessed by the IAU.

...But from what I've been able to gather, Mount Marilyn has *not*,
and the craters named for the A1 crew are still on the far side,
right?

Actually works for me. Means you have to go there to see them. I think
that's an appropriate tribute.



OM

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In message .com
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Biological taxonomy probably serves as the bad example for something to
avoid. Decades aga, one fellow submitted a lot of proposed generic
names for beetles he described. The names got approved until an English
speaker noticed Peggikishme, Suziekishme, Marikishme and a slew of
others. They cracked down on the frivolity after that.

Chemistry naming got tightened up a bit after someone having a bad name
day labelled a new sugar as godnose...

Anthony

(Henry Spencer) wrote:

But last I heard, you're correct that craters Grissom, White, and Chaffee
have not moved. :-) Trouble is, the nearside has been mapped for so long
that even quite small craters had pre-spaceflight names. The only way to
name *noticeable* craters -- ones that would be marked in typical maps --
after the Apollo 1 crew was to go to the farside.

Don't complain too much. They also have *stars* named after them -- by an
underhanded route -- and that's a rare distinction indeed.

Been meaning to post this one for a while and keep forgetting;

The A1 crew also has three artificial islands off the coast of Long
Beach (CA) named for them.

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...+beach%7cca%7c

(mind any wrap.)

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In message , Anthony Frost
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In message .com
wrote:

Biological taxonomy probably serves as the bad example for something to
avoid. Decades aga, one fellow submitted a lot of proposed generic
names for beetles he described. The names got approved until an English
speaker noticed Peggikishme, Suziekishme, Marikishme and a slew of
others. They cracked down on the frivolity after that.

Chemistry naming got tightened up a bit after someone having a bad name
day labelled a new sugar as godnose...


The someone was Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (before he won the Nobel prize) but
there seems to be argument as to whether it was the editor of Nature or
the Biochemical Journal who objected.
But you've still got *******ane, curious chloride, megaphone, and
windowpane, so the rules are still fairly loose (thanks to
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm for these and
more).
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Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

In message , Anthony Frost
writes

Chemistry naming got tightened up a bit after someone having a bad name
day labelled a new sugar as godnose...

The someone was Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (before he won the Nobel prize) but
there seems to be argument as to whether it was the editor of Nature or
the Biochemical Journal who objected.

Ta. I could remember having checked the story when told it by chemistry
teachers mumble years ago, but couldn't remember the other names
involved.

But you've still got *******ane, curious chloride, megaphone, and
windowpane, so the rules are still fairly loose (thanks to
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm for these and
more).

:-) Bookmarked for future giggles.

Anthony

Am Tue, 24 May 2005 17:41:46 GMT schrieb "Derek Lyons":

The A1 crew also has three artificial islands off the coast of Long
Beach (CA) named for them.

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ima...+beach%7cca%7c

And I am glad to see, that another island there is named after Ted C.
Freeman, who 'bought the farm' in his T-38 before having an orbital
flight at all.

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