*eyes Wiki*

[camwyn]

Apparently, the accepted designation for a Kuiper belt object (KBO) that orbits beyond Neptune and is not controlled by an orbital resonance with the giant planet- a classical Kuiper belt object, so to speak- is a QB1-o. It's in honor of the first trans-Neptunian object (TNO) found after Pluto and Charon, (15760) 1992 QB1. Treated as an English word rather than an abbreviation, the astronomy community spells this as 'cubewano'.

I mention this solely because I was trying to set up the initial meeting between Starscream and Shockwave on the trans-Neptunian object Varuna, and according to its Wiki page, Varuna is considered a cubewano, which may or may not have any kind of resonance with 'Guess what we found, Shockwave? And what got destroyed?'.

Astronomy people are weird sometimes. So are toy people. I know this because of my learnings.

Comments

[vivian-shaw.livejournal.com]

That's the best made-up word I've heard in ages.

[daniidebrabant.livejournal.com]

.... I had a terrifying moment of thinking your icon was Nick and Schanke from Forever Knight. It STUNG.

Also *G*

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

Ah, a fellow fan. I often wonder if Nick Knight and Duncan McCloud ever crossed paths. I'm sure Vampires and Immortals have mixed feelings about each other.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

...That's awesome. Don't you just love it when the universe actively works to support your geekery? ^_^