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minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoJust change the name. Can’t be Pluto, but maybe Gimli will work.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoDo we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoNo, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoGive it a thousand years, then it’s classical mythology. That’s free game. That’s where we got Mars, Saturn, Jupiter etc.
Just change the name. Can’t be Pluto, but maybe Gimli will work.
Do we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
No, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
Give it a thousand years, then it’s classical mythology. That’s free game. That’s where we got Mars, Saturn, Jupiter etc.