The Moons of Pluto

[billroper]

Yup, plural moons. The Hubble Space Telescope spotted two more moons orbiting Pluto in circular orbits.

It's getting weird out there in the cold spaces.

Comments

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

See, now if Pluto, Charon and these miscellaneous moons would just gravitate to each other and form one big ball, we could declare it a real planet and go forward.

As it is, the conglomeration is just confusing us!

Pluto's moons

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I appreciate this kind of update, Bill! Yes, I'm thrilled that our wonderful solar system is turning out to be more complex than we thought. What stories, though, does this now invalidate or prove obsolete? *World of Ptavvs* by Larry Niven comes to mind; also, I remember that in *The Legion of Space,* by Jack Williamson, there is a stop on Pluto's moon, but the moon is named Cerberus, not Charon. Worth noting in any event -- and I'll see you at WindyCon!

Nate

=Getting= Weird?

[balrog-gamer.livejournal.com]

I'm continually amazed at how weird and wonderful the cosmos is.... I just got my latest Astronomy magazine, and showed Amanda a 2-page spread of a beautiful nebula photo.

Her comment: "Wow... space is really cool!"

Yes dear, it really is.