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Going through moons of the solar system, and I get the naming scheme, but it's still funny that Uranus has a moon called Margaret.

My aunt is called Margaret.

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Also, I secretly think they ran out of deity names for trans neptunian objects and started naming them after Unix utilities.

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Distant future, schoolyard:

"Your accent is funny, Where did you grow up?"

"Margaret"

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Why is "Margaret" such a comical name for a moon, but not "Miranda"?

(My grandmother was a Margaret.)

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@Inken Paper I take the view that referring to any TNO as a "moon" is a bit dubious, but this may be a minority view.