Moon shot.

It seems that each of the moons of all of the planets within our solar system--and even some moons outside of our solar system-are named ("Brilliant! Tenth Tenth can mean:

In mathematics:

10th, an ordinal number; as in the item in an order ten places from the beginning, following the ninth and preceding the eleventh.
1/10, a fraction, one part of a unit divided equally into ten parts. It is written 0.

planet turns out to be a shiner shiner: see minnow.

shiner

Any of several small freshwater fishes (genera Notemigonus and Notropis, family Cyprinidae). The common shiner (Notropis cornutus) is a blue and silver minnow up to 8 in. (20 cm) long. ," SN: 4/15/06, p. 230). However, it strikes me as remarkable and ironic that our own moon is the only moon that is unnamed. I think we should have a naming contest for our moon.

RICK HOWELL How´ell

n. 1. The upper stage of a porcelian furnace. , STOWE, VT.

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Title Annotation:	LETTERS
Author:	Howell, Rick
Publication:	Science News
Article Type:	Letter to the editor
Date:	Jun 10, 2006
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