Dev1 Galaxy Forum / Ceres, the celestial object

Re: Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 20:28:55 +0000

^ Thanks. Dear me, not having a good thread here...

Re: Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (xinomilo) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 20:16:35 +0000

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Greek Goddess of fertility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)

Roman goddess of fertility.. Greek -mythology- equivalent, would be goddess Demetra..

Re: Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (yeti) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:48:09 +0000

I'm waiting for Devuan/Vesta... and then the "battle of Vesta" stories... >;-)

Re: Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:47:12 +0000

Thanks for the correction and apologies for the misinformation. Oops.

Re: Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:44:09 +0000

One of the founding fathers of devuan is an astronomer. All our releases are named after minor planets.
https://www.devuan.org/os/releases

1+ for apod. Some of my favorite desktop backgrounds come from there.

Re: Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (Head_on_a_Stick) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:18:54 +0000

I'm pretty sure ceres is named after the Greek Goddess of fertility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)

Beowulf is an ancient Gothic hero (and the name of a poem about him): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_(hero)

Daedalus is the person who designed the labyrinth for the Minotaur and the father of Icarus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus

But anyway thanks for the link, that site looks very interesting.

Ceres, the celestial object

dummy@example.com (nixer) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:07:10 +0000

Interested in Ceres, the object for which (I assume) the unstable devuan is named after?

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200901.html

This site posts a new photo with a caption every day. I visit the site every now and then to see its daily archive to catch on unseen images. For a celestial curiosity seeker, you might find this site interesting. I couldn't find anything on this site regarding jessie, ascii, beowulf, chimaera, or daedalus.