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Personally I prefer NASA's pronunciation, which is "charon". (lemmy.world)
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Explanation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)#Name

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This guy is pronounced Karen

The moon like Sharon

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Named for a dude's wife, Charlene, and shoehorns into an appropriate mythological figure