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Subject: Re: There is only one solar system - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 26-Aug-83 21:52:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 26 21:52:00 1983
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From:  Robert Elton Maas <REM @ MIT-MC>

    Date: 22 Aug 83 5:33:03-PDT (Mon)
    From: pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton @ Ucb-Vax
    or, if we send a probe to Vega, will it need Vegan panels for power?
Indeed, "solar cells" etc. are misnomers, since the light shinging on
them can be an artificial source or another star instead of the Sun
(Sol). Let's all call them "light-to-electric tranducers" ok? "Look at
this new apartment building along Bayshore freeway, with
light-to-electric tranducers all along the roof."

I guess eventually we'll have to change "solar" to be something else,
just like we changed the names of our planets and the constellations
to no longer be references to Greek mythology.

<partly tongue in cheek in case you missed it>