There are (oh so ironically) so many to choose from in Astronomy.
Planet for example, or Asteroid…
But seriously, it’s in their name, that they name things, which, as the name’s typically used, encompasses so much more… They name themselves as that which names stars, and they cannot even get naming themselves right…
Misnomers so normalised, many people don’t even realise.
So aster means star and asteroid means star-like, right?
I get that they’re not stars, but lumps of stone and ice, but they burn when they pass by and appear to us as shooting stars, so star-like.
Or am I thinking of meteorites?
And what’s the deal with planets? That they’re not planar?
There are (oh so ironically) so many to choose from in Astronomy.
Planet for example, or Asteroid…
But seriously, it’s in their name, that they name things, which, as the name’s typically used, encompasses so much more… They name themselves as that which names stars, and they cannot even get naming themselves right…
Misnomers so normalised, many people don’t even realise.
Nommy irony of astronomy.
So aster means star and asteroid means star-like, right? I get that they’re not stars, but lumps of stone and ice, but they burn when they pass by and appear to us as shooting stars, so star-like.
Or am I thinking of meteorites?
And what’s the deal with planets? That they’re not planar?