roger@ll-xn.ARPA (Roger Hale) (12/20/85)
> on that basis, the Martian equivalents would be "Phobor" or "Deimor" > --- depending upon which moon was involved. > > Steve Kallis, Jr. Being a purist at heart, I like the sound of "phobic" and "deimic" better... Roger Hale (roger@ll-sst.arpa)
dsmith@HPLABSC (David Smith) (12/20/85)
>> ... (Question: earth's moon is to lonar >>as a martian moon is to ???). >"Lunar" is derived from "Luna," a proper name for our largest satellite; >on that basis, the Martian equivalents would be "Phobor" or "Deimor" >--- depending upon which moon was involved. Nahh, the Martian equivalents are "Phobic" and "Demonic." :-) :-) David Smith
steve@jplgodo.UUCP (Steve Schlaifer x3171 156/224) (12/23/85)
> > >> ... (Question: earth's moon is to lonar > >>as a martian moon is to ???). > >"Lunar" is derived from "Luna," a proper name for our largest satellite; > >on that basis, the Martian equivalents would be "Phobor" or "Deimor" > >--- depending upon which moon was involved. > > Nahh, the Martian equivalents are "Phobic" and "Demonic." :-) :-) > Actually, Phobic is probably correct--the word roots are at least right. Maybe Lunar should be replaced with Lunatic (then the "beads" seen during an eclipse could be referred to as the Lunatic fringe :-) (sorry but I couldn't resist). Steve Schlaifer (jplgodo!steve)