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what the heck are Halloween Moons? Quote:
"It's ... strictly coincidental that Pluto, of course, was named for the god of the underworld and we're describing these Halloween moons," Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute told a telephone news conference.
more here: Pluto
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Full, and low on the horizon? Like on greeting cards, etc.?
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From the full article as it appears on Reuters:
"One of the scientists who discovered the satellites couldn't resist making some spooky allusions with the announcement."
I think he's just making a (lame) joke because of announcing the moons on Halloween.
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well, that was my thought, too, Myr, but the quote above seems to read otherwise. of course, they might have been mis-quoted...
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>we're describing these Halloween moons
i.e., moons discovered (or at least announced) on Halloween.
-ron (moaning) o.
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I would have said "we're describing these as Halloween moons".
then it would have made sense to me.
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