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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Meant to post this a few days ago, but it slipped my mind....

Rubble-pile minor planet Sylvia and her twins - VLT NACO instrument discovers first triple asteroid
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17602

"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 approved the names."

B.J.

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

Don't they know there are already planets with those names?

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

It's hardly an appropriate name for a dark and frozen rock, though.

Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :

Hmm, perhaps the true cause of the Earth-Romulan War has now been revealed: the Romulans get pissed at Earth for stealing their names?

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Or Romulas and Remus are just two small planetessimals in the Terran System.

It'd explain the "simple impulse" conundrum! [Smile]

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

Or mabye the refugees of fallen Illum built spaceships and colonized those planets...

It's as plausable as anything on SG1, anyway.