Dwarf planet near Pluto named after Polynesian God - General Tiki

BTP blindy the pirate Member Tallahassee FL Joined: Jan 21, 2008 Posts: 160	BTP blindy the pirate Posted posted on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 10:02 AM Searched for this on TC and didn't find anything. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080719/sc_nm/planet_dwarf_dc_1
UJ Unkle John Tiki Socialite Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX Joined: Oct 22, 2003 Posts: 1217	UJ Unkle John Posted posted on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 1:50 PM Is this not the one the discoverers wanted to name Xena?
TSA Tiki Shark Art Member Joined: Aug 31, 2006 Posts: 3978	TSA Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 4:32 PM Xena, the warrior plutoid! Makemake is a very neat name for it. A great nod to Rapinui. Except, of course, in Hawaiian "make" means death and destruction.
P pablus Tiki Socialite www.thecrazedmugs.com Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 2163	P pablus Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 6:13 AM Makemake was also the Mai Kai's version of rumake I believe. I was eating "deathdeath" all this time and enjoying it? Yikes. I wonder if NASA will do the interior of the space shuttle in tapa cloth now. Maybe Ben's working on a top secret lounge inside of the ISS. Maybe they'll wake the astronauts up with Waitiki. I also seem to remember some space tiki mugs by my arch nemesis: flounder. It's all coming together - the space age and polypop reunite after all these years. Thanks for the link. Fun read.
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 8:59 AM "Dwarf planet near Pluto named after Polynesian God" And here it is:
JC Jeff Central Tiki Socialite Columbus, Ohio Joined: Jul 23, 2002 Posts: 1737	JC Jeff Central Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 9:14 AM :lol:

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blindy the pirate Posted posted on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 10:02 AM

Searched for this on TC and didn't find anything.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080719/sc_nm/planet_dwarf_dc_1

UJ

Unkle John Posted posted on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 1:50 PM

Is this not the one the discoverers wanted to name Xena?

TSA

Tiki Shark Art Posted posted on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 4:32 PM

Xena, the warrior plutoid!

Makemake is a very neat name for it. A great nod to Rapinui.
Except, of course, in Hawaiian "make" means death and destruction.

P

pablus Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 6:13 AM

Makemake was also the Mai Kai's version of rumake I believe.

I was eating "deathdeath" all this time and enjoying it? Yikes.

I wonder if NASA will do the interior of the space shuttle in tapa cloth now.
Maybe Ben's working on a top secret lounge inside of the ISS.
Maybe they'll wake the astronauts up with Waitiki.
I also seem to remember some space tiki mugs by my arch nemesis: flounder.

It's all coming together - the space age and polypop reunite after all these years.
Thanks for the link. Fun read.

B

bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 8:59 AM

"Dwarf planet near Pluto named after Polynesian God"

And here it is:

JC

Jeff Central Posted posted on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 9:14 AM

:lol: