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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Space 1999 & Startrek
Message-ID: <313@ucdavis.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 11:58:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 11:58:30 1985
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> 
> unknown territory. Also, how come they knew the name of every planet they
> visited? Surely they wouldn't have had a name if no-one had been there before.
> 

The planet names follow a very simple algorithm:  Star Name followed
by Planet Number where numbers increase as you go out from the star.
The stars are visible from a distance (or hadn't you noticed?) and
have already been named for some time.  Believe it or not, there are
stars out there right now that have been named already...  Will
wonders never cease?
--
"Blast it, Spock, I'm a DOCTOR, not an astronomer!"
-- 
					--rick heli
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