01-14-2012, 12:00 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_%28moon%29
However, Christy himself pronounced the ch in the moon's name as sh (IPA [ʃ]), after his wife Charlene. Because of this, as an acknowledgement of Christy and sometimes as an in-joke or shibboleth, the initial sh pronunciation is common among astronomers when speaking English,[21][20][22][23] and this is the prescribed pronunciation at NASA and of the New Horizons Pluto mission team.[24][25]
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However, Christy himself pronounced the ch in the moon's name as sh (IPA [ʃ]), after his wife Charlene. Because of this, as an acknowledgement of Christy and sometimes as an in-joke or shibboleth, the initial sh pronunciation is common among astronomers when speaking English,[21][20][22][23] and this is the prescribed pronunciation at NASA and of the New Horizons Pluto mission team.[24][25]
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