Re: Fourth dwarf planet named Makemake (Forwarded)

Jorge R. Frank wrote:

I wrote a csh script called makemake once. Its purpose was to make makefiles for make. It's cool that the Polynesians use it too. Unix truly is the universal language.

You mean the IAU International Astronomical Union of the 'draft planets' are not 'planets' fame?

Andrew Yee wrote:
International Astronomical Union
Paris, France

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Edward L.G. Bowell
IAU Division III President
Lowell Observatory, USA
Tel: +1-928-774-3358

Mike Brown
Professor of Planetary Astronomy
California Institute of Technology
Phone: +1-626-395-8423

Lars Lindberg Christensen
IAU Press Officer
ESA/Hubble, Garching, Germany
Phone: +49-89-32-00-63-06

Jul 19, 2008

News Release: IAU0806

Fourth dwarf planet named Makemake

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has given the name Makemake

Ah ... that International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Everything has to have a name, right?

Graboids! That's it.
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