Hello Ron and List, Ron had written: "Because 87 Sylvia was named after Rhea Sylvia, the mythical mother of the founders of Rome, Marchis proposed naming the twin moons after those founders: Romulus and Remus. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved the names, to be announced in its Aug. 11 circular."
Unless I've missed something here, this seems like an AMAZING coincidence! The very first asteroid found to have TWO satellites just happened to be named after the mother of TWINS... BEFORE the triplet-grouping was known???? Why, the odds of that must be....dare I say it? ..... astronomical! ;-) And Ron, please let me take this time to give you a much belated THANK YOU for all the informative posts you make for us here on the list! Sincerely, Robert Woolard __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
