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rtxn@lemmy.world to Science MemesEnglish · 7 months ago

Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".

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Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".

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Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name

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    This guy is pronounced Karen

    The moon like Sharon

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        Named for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure

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