Oh, BTW, I caught you on TV for the first time, yesterday. It was a programme about Mars, and the last few moments were about the face on Mars. Before I could react, you gave your final opinion and vanished! (It was on National Geographic(non-US).)

One of my pet peeves with ..well this … is the lack of editing capability so when my spacebar doesn’t work and my mind types better than my fingers I get what I’ve written badly above rather than what Imeant which follows here :

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Why use the numbers and not keep it simple and clear with just the discoverers name like Halley’s comet …

One of my pet peeves in astronomy which I think makes it harder for the general public to understand and appreciate the work of astronomers is this numerical catalogue “naming” of things.

What’s wrong with plain old Tuttle’s comet or Comet Tuttle?

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Please BA, please let us edit these posts! Its drives me (more) nuts that I can’t …

It ain’t swearing, not really, just some emphasising exclaimation along Ned Flanders~esque lines ..

One of mypet peeves inastronomy whichIthink make sitharder forthegeneral public tounderstand and appreciate the work of astronomers is this numerical catalogue “naming” of things.

Whats it called & how do we prounounce it :

“eight slash Pee Tuttle … Or eight pee Tuttle or Periodic comet 8 Tuittle .. ?”

Or, a-ya-yii-ya-yii-ya, what’s wrong with just plain old Comet Tuttle or Tuttle’s comet?

I mean really!

Minor point – but it helps with communication & science needs to communicate with people I think ..
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