Monday, October 03, 2005
Can An Asteroid Have A Moon?
Sure, all it has to do is drop its pants and press up against the window. (OK, I admit, that joke was juvenile, even for me)
When last we visited the newly discovered tenth planet, we were in the midst of a debate about it whether it really was a planet. Well, now, we have found that this celestial body has a moon. The biggest problem is we really have to get our scientists with slightly better cultural interests. Consider the subhead
I mean, at least when we named the properties of sub-sub-atomic parciles (quarks) we referred to good, if drug-induced, literature (Alice in Wonderland), but mediocre-at-best syndicated TV? Come on! Mostly I think this proves that the astronomers involved don't have much of a dating life.
Besides, "Batman" and "Robin" would have been much better.
When last we visited the newly discovered tenth planet, we were in the midst of a debate about it whether it really was a planet. Well, now, we have found that this celestial body has a moon. The biggest problem is we really have to get our scientists with slightly better cultural interests. Consider the subhead
Planet nicknamed "Xena," so moon informally dubbed "Gabrielle"
I mean, at least when we named the properties of sub-sub-atomic parciles (quarks) we referred to good, if drug-induced, literature (Alice in Wonderland), but mediocre-at-best syndicated TV? Come on! Mostly I think this proves that the astronomers involved don't have much of a dating life.
Besides, "Batman" and "Robin" would have been much better.
