Hello Sterling: As TNOs are already a term in science lit, we're covered (and cryosilicates doesn't throw Pluto a bone). Or KBOs work too, as mentioned. Frigophile might amuse some, but as you say, it is technically sound, too. Here's an aside on Uranus: it's the only Greek-named planet of the nine. Phonetically, it's ciphered from the Greek "Ouranos" (Ουρανος). Not from the god Caelus (the corresponding Latinate root for a Jovian planet). Some difference is fitting; gaseous Uranus' axis uniquely bent over.
Best wishes, Doug P.d. Silicates? Best to shelve this all until New Horizons splashes Pluto across our little blue dot's airwaves so everyone can give him a trial by jury? P.d.d. Besides meaning cold, Frigg is the Norse Goddess of the Love and the Sky - in the cold Norselands. If US slang sullies that, it's sad. We could have the US version cryophile, then. But if US kids normally sleeping in class become motivated not with Uranus="Your Highness" and Frigo=cold and Phile=Lover, I don't mind. Odin was Frigophilic. The counterpart of Frigg in warmer climates is Jupiter's partner, Juno Regina. And despite your misgivings, Frigg has a 69 km diameter minor planet already, which may be the best hope for a parent asteroid pairing for the enigmatic silicated iron IAB "inclusions" / Winonaites (A&A v. 393, p. 1065 (2002)) ! Sterling wrote: "the Latinate term for "cold" has unfortunate associations in American-English slang, where "frig" is used as a not-too-polite euphemism for an old Anglo-Saxon verb with a similar sound. It would be the source of as much (more) classroom giggling as the pronunciation of "Uranus."" ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list