Re: Discovery of Pluto Reaches 75th Anniversary

From: Greg Hennessy (greg.hennessy_at_tantalus.cox.net)
Date: 02/05/05 

Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 19:44:50 +0000 (UTC)

In article <no-spam-E80A9F.13174505022005@news.isp.giganews.com>,
richard schumacher <no-spam@invalid.com> wrote:
> > (He says that of the many suggestions for names, the three that were clear
> > favorites among astronomers in general and at Lowell in particular were
> > Minerva, Cronus, and Pluto. Minerva would probably have won, had it not
> > been recently given to an asteroid. Cronus would have been considered
> > seriously, had it not been initially proposed by "a certain detested
> > egocentric astronomer".
>
> Anyone know who that was? Lowell himself?

I don't know, but my guess would be TJJ See.

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