tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post8160984463327747774..comments2023-10-17T02:52:22.037-07:00Comments on David's blog: Rooting for PlutoDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-74132035379501109272007-08-23T20:16:00.000-07:002007-08-23T20:16:00.000-07:00Is it Kosher to leave a comment on your own websit...Is it Kosher to leave a comment on your own website. I had always believed that Pluto was named by a young girl after it was discovered, which is the conventional story. But recently, reading an interesting 1881 book predicting what life would be like in 1931, I came across something interesting. The guy was incredibly wrong about almost everything, but somehow he got this incredibly close. He predicted that the trans-Neptune planet that had long been thought to exist would be discovered in 1931. He was off by one year. And one of the two names he suggested it might be called -- Pluto. Maybe the name for that distant, small and ice cold planet was obvious, and Venetia just had the right connections. I'll be doing a blog on the book soon. He might have been wrong on most things, but his mistakes are hysterical.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.com