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minus-squarePrehensile_cloaca @lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoJust change the name. Can’t be Pluto, but maybe Gimli will work.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDo we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoNo, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.