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@evilscientistca@octodon.social They should have just called it Herschel. It would sound like a boring accountant, but..it would be more mature..right?
@evilscientistca@octodon.social They should have just called it Herschel. It would sound like a boring accountant, but..it would be more mature..right?
Herschel's rationale for his suggestion is kind of cute: he wanted us later folks be able to tell that this planet was discovered at the time of King George III.
I learned this just a little while ago from a nice video by Parallaxicality:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WYPpTnGdfyE
By the way, that's a cool picture, did you shoot it yourself?
@mewnirebel @evilscientistca