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The linked to list of the solar system's largest moons says it was last updated in 2011. Don't we have better data now on the Pluto – Charon system since the New Horizons flyby?

I picked neither yes nor no because, to be frank, I had never explicitly noticed the leading question format until you called attention to it with this poll! I quite enjoy the write-ups as they are, and as the format has been quite transparent to me, I have to say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix...

The link from the word "meridian" leads to Wikipedia's article on the Hun Kal crater. The article states that the crater is the reference point for Mercury's longitude coordinate system, but that it was defined as 20 degrees West because the "actual" Prime Meridian was in shadow ...

I speak not of the geometrical figure, but rather about the word itself. Cross derives from the Latin Crux , a wooden frame used for executions. In modern usage, when paired with a possessive proper noun it refers to either a piece of religious jewelry or burdensome obligation a person has. And cons...

Einstein's Cross??? The man was Jewish! Is this an official name? I would vote for it to be named Einstein's Square or something else less incongruous.

I realize that many astronomers are agnostic, but can I really be the only person who finds this annoying?

~ Elias Friedman