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All the moons in the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman myths, except for what planet? What is the source of the names of its moons?
Jordon
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Uranus. The moons are named after characters in Shakespeare's plays.
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Callisto, Ganymede and Europa are greek names. The only planet that is the exception of the rule is, of course, the Earth.
Furthermore, the so called 10th planet, if considered a planet in this year's international astronomy conference, would be the first planet that it has neither greek nor roman gods names. The person that discovered the planet proposed the name of "Xena".
A polar bear is a bear whose coordinates has been changed in terms of sine and cosine.
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I think this question is wrong, because there are several planets whose moons do not have greek or roman names. As it has been said, Uranus' moons are named after Shakespeare's characters. Also Jupiter has moons named just by a number, and of course Earth's moon.
Enhance the trance
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I think the question was suppose to be:
All the moons in the Solar System (that have had official names assigned to them) are named after Greek and Roman myths, except for what planet? What is the source of the names of its moons?
Steve
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Uranus, whose moons are named after Shakespeare characters, and Earth, whose moon is called, well, Moon.
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Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either.
Militant Agnostic
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Uranus. All the moons are Shakesperean characters.
Thanks to all the smarty-pants who answered this question.
Jordon
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Which animals would be described as being anatine?
Jordon
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Ducks
Jordon
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What is the only non-metal liquid at room temperature?
Jordon
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I take it you mean the only non-metal *element* that is liquid at room temp...(I was thinking...Kool-Aid isn't metal, and it's a liquid!)
...and that would be bromine. The other non-metal elements are gases or (usually brittle) solids.
Chemistry classes were a LONG time ago, but some silly things stick.
Joe
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Water is a non-metal and liquid at room temerature.....
Why is common sense not common?
Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert.
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I have a BS in chem and even after 30+ years still remember something. I sat back, thought for a few seconds and said Br. I have seen it in small break the glass to open containers. It's a red liquid that you don't want to get on your body or shirt.
PICguy
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Bromine
I know this one was a bit vague but you guys got it regardless.
Jordon
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What do planets, plum pudding and cubes have in common?
Jordon
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They have all been used in analogies attempting to define the makeup of an atom.
Joe
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They actually have to do with Chemistry, dealing with Atoms. I'd go into detail but I'm sure you don't want that. I work in Eletronic's, smell what i'm stepping in.
Andy
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They have all been used to explain atomic structure.
Jordon
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Who invented the Lava Lamp, and what was it originally called?
Jordon
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According to the Wikipedia: An Englishman, Edward Craven Walker, invented the original and best-known lava lamp in the 1960s. He named it the "Astrolight" or "Astro Lamp" and presented it at a Hamburg trade show in 1965, where the entrepreneur Adolph Wertheimer noticed it. Wertheimer and his business partner Hy Spector bought the American rights to the product and began to produce it as the "Lava Lite"® via a corporation called Haggerty Enterprises and trading under the name Lava World International®. The lava lamp became an icon of the 1960s, where the constantly changing, brightly-color display has been compared to the psychedelic hallucinations of certain popular recreational drugs. In the 1990s Mr. Walker sold his rights to Cressida Granger whose company Mathmos continues to make lava lamps and other related products.
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