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From: rjg@meccts.UUCP (Robert J. Granvin)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Craters on Venus
Message-ID: <302@meccts.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 03:19:54 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  9 03:19:54 1986
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The Soviet Union has been naming craters on Venus after women since
Venus was the goddess of beauty.  They made a decision on their naming
conventions, and probably felt that naming craters on Venus after men
would be "incorrect."