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ExtonGuy t1_j7urqrp wrote

Moons are important to solar system astronomers. The more moons a planet has, the more graduate students have a topic for their PhD studies. You wouldn't want a bunch of unemployed astronomers, would you?

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Tacticool_Hotdog t1_j7ut2bb wrote

And more important people/deities/whatever get their names in the sky, which is kind of nice I guess.

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