"It's quite a big undertaking going through every named feature in the whole solar system and trying to find out who that person was."
When PhD student Annie Lennox discovered a crater on Mercury, she got the chance to name it. Which sent her on a bigger space mission.
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Can you believe, this podcast turns nine years old on 14 January 2024?
The show began five British prime ministers ago! When it began, I was still struggling to get a bank card without 'Miss' on it!
Read moreAllusionist 178. Uranus
Have you ever wondered why the planets in our solar system are all named after Roman deities, except two of them? One of those exceptions is Earth. The other is Uranus.
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