Romulus and Remus, orbiting 87 Rhea Sylvia
Named after the twins who founded Rome. Their parent body was named for their mother.
Asteroid with Two Moons Found!
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Great, so now are we going to have to establish a neutral zone in Mars's orbit?
"Stop! No one can survive these deadly rays!"
"These deadly rays will be your death!"
- Thor and Akton, Starcrash
"Before man reaches the moon your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to England, to India or to Australia by guided missiles.... We stand on the threshold of rocket mail."
- Arthur Summerfield, US Postmaster General 1953 - 1961
"These deadly rays will be your death!"
- Thor and Akton, Starcrash
"Before man reaches the moon your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to England, to India or to Australia by guided missiles.... We stand on the threshold of rocket mail."
- Arthur Summerfield, US Postmaster General 1953 - 1961
I'm all for switching names, so Phobos and Deimos orbit Rhea Sylvia, and Romulus and Remus orbit Mars. That would be so much cooler than a couple of dinky asteroids, and it would be appropriate, too: after all, Mars is their father, is he not?Pcm979 wrote:OT: Great, another 2 perfectly good names wasted on asteroids.
A Government founded upon justice, and recognizing the equal rights of all men; claiming higher authority for existence, or sanction for its laws, that nature, reason, and the regularly ascertained will of the people; steadily refusing to put its sword and purse in the service of any religious creed or family is a standing offense to most of the Governments of the world, and to some narrow and bigoted people among ourselves.
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So what you're saying is you want to move the names Romulus and Remus from two dinky asteroids to the two dinkiest moons in the system?Surlethe wrote:I'm all for switching names, so Phobos and Deimos orbit Rhea Sylvia, and Romulus and Remus orbit Mars. That would be so much cooler than a couple of dinky asteroids, and it would be appropriate, too: after all, Mars is their father, is he not?Pcm979 wrote:OT: Great, another 2 perfectly good names wasted on asteroids.
Exactly! After all, those two dinkiest moons do orbit Mars, and it's only fitting to name the moons of Mars after Mars' sons, no?Sriad wrote:So what you're saying is you want to move the names Romulus and Remus from two dinky asteroids to the two dinkiest moons in the system?Surlethe wrote:I'm all for switching names, so Phobos and Deimos orbit Rhea Sylvia, and Romulus and Remus orbit Mars. That would be so much cooler than a couple of dinky asteroids, and it would be appropriate, too: after all, Mars is their father, is he not?Pcm979 wrote:OT: Great, another 2 perfectly good names wasted on asteroids.
Though I'll admit it'd be a whole lot cooler if Mars had two moons the size of the Moon.
A Government founded upon justice, and recognizing the equal rights of all men; claiming higher authority for existence, or sanction for its laws, that nature, reason, and the regularly ascertained will of the people; steadily refusing to put its sword and purse in the service of any religious creed or family is a standing offense to most of the Governments of the world, and to some narrow and bigoted people among ourselves.
F. Douglass