From One End to the Other

[krpalmer]

Votes have been tallied, and as might be imagined, the Star Trek connection gave "Vulcan" a strong popular push towards being the name for one of Pluto's new moons. One of my reactions on noticing the news was to think of the hypothetical world once contemplated to be orbiting between Mercury and the sun, but even that relocation from "hot" to "cold" might be a "teachable moment" in pointing out how apparent gravitational effects pointed searchers in and out (with more success looking out).

However, when looking at the graphic attached to the article, noticing "Kerberos" as the name for the other moon did provoke a more personal reaction. I started thinking of "Kero(-chan)," the mascot animal from the anime (and manga) series Cardcaptor Sakura, and yet I did manage to form a tenuous link to the other name in thinking how that character is associated with the sun...