Explanation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name
Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon".
Submitted 5 weeks ago by rtxn@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Wouldn’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).
geogle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Named for a dude’s wife, Charlene, and shorthorns into an appropriate mythological figure
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Care on
Jakylla@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
As a non English native: “Car on”
Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
Yeah that’s how I’d pronounce it too, as a native English speaker.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is typically how it’s pronounced in english.
in greek, the C is basically silent, and it’s pronounced like Hair-on,
Darkard@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sharon
silverchase@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Kerry picked example
lath@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Car on.
joe_archer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
All of the idiots in this thread thinking they know how it’s pronounced.
It’s pronounced charon. SMH.
Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Sh’yeah-ron. The way Wayne from Wayne’s World would have said it.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
Sharon!!
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Kharon ofc
ns1@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I 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
vonxylofon@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The correct pronunciation is Chacarron. Rhymes with Macarron.
beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Well, Charon if I’ve been speaking Italian more recently & Charon if French
Quik@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Χάρων, of course
dogsnest@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Karen.
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The guide across the river Styx?
Yes.
Moon?
No.
wewbull@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
They’re the same dude