{"id":867,"date":"2013-02-26T15:46:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=867"},"modified":"2013-02-26T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:46:15","slug":"vulcan-top-choice-for-pluto-moon-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"“Vulcan” top choice for Pluto moon name"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pluto Rocks!<\/a> contest to name the moons of Pluto (see earlier post<\/a>) got the attention of the public when William Shatner proposed Vulcan. It has now gotten the most votes:\u00a0 Vulcan tops vote to name Pluto moons – BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pluto Rocks! contest to name the moons of Pluto (see earlier post) got the attention of the public when William Shatner proposed Vulcan. It has now gotten the most votes:\u00a0 Vulcan tops vote to name Pluto moons – BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-dZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1901,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1901","url_meta":{"origin":867,"position":0},"title":"Pluto moons named Vulcan and Cerberus","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The public selection of names of two moons of Pluto at Pluto Rocks! has finished and the winners announced: Scientists go with people's choice for Pluto moons: Vulcan, Cerberus - Cosmic Log","rel":"","context":"In "Contests and Games"","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3144,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3144","url_meta":{"origin":867,"position":1},"title":"IAU sets its names for new Pluto moons – Vulcan not accepted","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The International Astronomical Union (IAU), which likes to present itself as the decider of all things astronomical, issued a press release on names for the Moons of Pluto today:\u00a0 Names for New Pluto Moons Accepted by the IAU After Public Vote -\u00a0 IAU. 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