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INTEREST: Popular Anime Characters & Directors Immortalized in Space




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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:51 am Reply with quote
I find this really odd.
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ajr



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:03 pm Reply with quote
Well, this happens in other branches of science too. Part of the tradition of "you found it, so you get to name it", I guess. Among others, there's the gene related to the desert hedgehog homolog or dhh gene, shh. Yes, the s stands for what you'd think it does.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:04 pm Reply with quote
Lynzee Lamb wrote:
Japan's leading astrologists

I suppose anything's possible, but that is almost certainly not the word you meant to use.
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LavenderMintRose



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:17 pm Reply with quote
I think I saw a petition to name something in space after Madoka... that would be cool.
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EricJ



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:30 pm Reply with quote
So, Anpan-man gets his own memorial space rock, and Lin Minmei doesn't... Sad
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:54 pm Reply with quote
LavenderMintRose wrote:
I think I saw a petition to name something in space after Madoka... that would be cool.
That raises the question: should we name an asteroid that's headed right for us Walpurgisnacht or spoiler[Kriemhild Gretchen]?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:00 pm Reply with quote
LavenderMintRose wrote:
I think I saw a petition to name something in space after Madoka... that would be cool.


Yup, it's this one
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