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	<title>Comments on: Machaut by MESSENGER</title>
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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: StevoR</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/07/machaut-by-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-124985</link>
		<dc:creator>StevoR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Chip&lt;/b&gt; said on Oct. 8th, 2008 at 3:20 pm :

&lt;i&gt; &quot;A crater named “Vivaldi” - someone at NASA/Johns Hopkins University likes classical music. Then again, that crater has rather “baroque” topography.&quot; &lt;/i&gt;

Nice. 

But I think &lt;i&gt;(may be wrong but think)&lt;/i&gt; Vivaldi was named earlier being on the &quot;visible bit&quot; of the planet &amp; NOT by NASA JHU.

My understanding &lt;i&gt;(which again could be wrong)&lt;/i&gt; is that features on Mercury are generally named after musicians, poets, composers and artists as an IAU naming policy. The Caloris (heat ) Basin being one of the few exceptions to that. 

Similarly features on Venus are named after famous or mythical women and trans-Neptunean ice dwarf planets are named after creation myth figures in indigenous cultures Ouranoite moons are named after characters in Shakespearean plays, Jovian moons named after nymphs who fell victim to his amourous advances, etc ..    

Cool image anyway. 

Is there more to come from this fly-by still?

Did they ever find the Mercurian shield volcano suggested by Arecibo radio mapping data? 

Anyone know &amp; care to enlighten me?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Chip</b> said on Oct. 8th, 2008 at 3:20 pm :</p>
<p><i> &#8220;A crater named “Vivaldi” &#8211; someone at NASA/Johns Hopkins University likes classical music. Then again, that crater has rather “baroque” topography.&#8221; </i></p>
<p>Nice. </p>
<p>But I think <i>(may be wrong but think)</i> Vivaldi was named earlier being on the &#8220;visible bit&#8221; of the planet &#038; NOT by NASA JHU.</p>
<p>My understanding <i>(which again could be wrong)</i> is that features on Mercury are generally named after musicians, poets, composers and artists as an IAU naming policy. The Caloris (heat ) Basin being one of the few exceptions to that. </p>
<p>Similarly features on Venus are named after famous or mythical women and trans-Neptunean ice dwarf planets are named after creation myth figures in indigenous cultures Ouranoite moons are named after characters in Shakespearean plays, Jovian moons named after nymphs who fell victim to his amourous advances, etc ..    </p>
<p>Cool image anyway. </p>
<p>Is there more to come from this fly-by still?</p>
<p>Did they ever find the Mercurian shield volcano suggested by Arecibo radio mapping data? </p>
<p>Anyone know &#038; care to enlighten me?</p>
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		<title>By: Negatron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Negatron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fantastic, it took me about twenty seconds to adjust my eyes for the inverted convex/concave illusion (is there a name for this?) and then it just went BLAM!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fantastic, it took me about twenty seconds to adjust my eyes for the inverted convex/concave illusion (is there a name for this?) and then it just went BLAM!</p>
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		<title>By: Chip</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chip</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A crater named &quot;Vivaldi&quot; - someone at NASA/Johns Hopkins University likes classical music. Then again, that crater has rather &quot;baroque&quot; topography.  :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A crater named &#8220;Vivaldi&#8221; &#8211; someone at NASA/Johns Hopkins University likes classical music. Then again, that crater has rather &#8220;baroque&#8221; topography.  <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: pants_on_fire</title>
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		<dc:creator>pants_on_fire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My god, it&#039;s full of... the moon?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My god, it&#8217;s full of&#8230; the moon?</p>
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		<title>By: Bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I clearly see some kind of half-dome covering one of the craters.

Obviously, this is evidence for life on Mercury. *Intelligent* life, since they&#039;ve created sports arenas with retractable ceilings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I clearly see some kind of half-dome covering one of the craters.</p>
<p>Obviously, this is evidence for life on Mercury. *Intelligent* life, since they&#8217;ve created sports arenas with retractable ceilings.</p>
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		<title>By: IVAN3MAN</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/07/machaut-by-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-124032</link>
		<dc:creator>IVAN3MAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;ERRATUM:&lt;/i&gt; D&#039;oh! My post above should read &lt;em&gt;&lt;b&gt;Talking&lt;/b&gt; of music...&lt;/em&gt;, not &quot;Taking&quot;! Bloody typos! Can we have an editing facility here, please, Phil?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>ERRATUM:</i> D&#8217;oh! My post above should read <em><b>Talking</b> of music&#8230;</em>, not &#8220;Taking&#8221;! Bloody typos! Can we have an editing facility here, please, Phil?</p>
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		<title>By: rob</title>
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		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i don&#039;t know. seems kind of dark, and there are many shadows. they should have used a brighter flash. 

:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i don&#8217;t know. seems kind of dark, and there are many shadows. they should have used a brighter flash. </p>
<p> <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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