From reading Phil Plait's pun-filled post on the resolution by the Illinois state legislature to (re)declare Pluto a planet (that part is serious, hilariously), I followed a link to a Wikipedia page. If you're at least a mild geek, you knew Pluto has a moon named Charon. But did you know about Nix and Hydra? I did not.
Gotta be a way of making some coin on bar bets with this info; e.g., betcha there's an object in our solar system with three moons that isn't a planet, as long as we're not near Chicago.
Very cool pix on the Wikipedia page, too.
(h/t: Buzz Out Loud)
P.S. On a related note, I listened to this a while ago: Neil deGrasse Tyson, interviewed by Moira Gunn, talking about the heat and hate he's had to deal with from the Plutards. He's always entertaining.
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