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February 26, 2013

'Vulcan' wins Pluto moon name vote
Mountain View, Calif. (UPI) Feb 25, 2013
In a voting campaign to pick names for two of Pluto's smallest moons one clear winner is "Vulcan," proposed by U.S. actor William Shatner of "Star Trek" fame. Online ballot casting allowing the public to vote for the name of two recently discovered moons of the dwarf planet - for now known as just P4 and P5 - ended Friday, with Vulcan in first place followed by Cerberus. Although a late addition to the candidate names the public could vote on, Vulcan piled up a big ... read more

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