Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucdavis.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrrick 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 Article-I.D.: ucdavis.313 Posted: Thu Jun 27 11:58:30 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:20:33 EDT References: <268@dcl-cs.UUCP> Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 16 > > 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 (... ucbvax!ucdavis!groucho!ccrrick)