Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".
Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".
Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name
Karen.
20 0 ReplyThe guide across the river Styx?
Yes.
Moon?
No.
4 0 ReplyThey're the same dude
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This guy is pronounced Karen
The moon like Sharon
12 0 ReplyWouldn't make sense for the moon to be different than the god since it's named after him (hence why they chose that name for a moon of Pluto, lord of the underworld).
6 0 ReplyNamed for a dude's wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure
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All of the idiots in this thread thinking they know how it's pronounced.
It's pronounced charon. SMH.
8 0 ReplyI always found it funny to read it as Sharon, and now you're telling me it's named after someone called Charlene? This keeps getting better
5 0 ReplySharon!!
4 0 ReplyThe correct pronunciation is Chacarron. Rhymes with Macarron.
3 0 ReplyWell, Charon if I’ve been speaking Italian more recently & Charon if French
1 0 ReplyΧάρων, of course
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