Proper Pronunciation: Do you say Beetlejuice or Betelguase? April 22, 2008
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Quaoar- Courtesy of NASA.
The astronomical world has its share of tongue twisting names. Much of this is no doubt due to the hodge-podge system that has been cobbled together over the ages… current convention gives us Roman planets, Greek constellations and Arabic star names. (more…)