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Mujumat@lemmy.worldM to Everything Science@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

The Magellanic Clouds must be renamed, astronomers say

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The Magellanic Clouds must be renamed, astronomers say

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Mujumat@lemmy.worldM to Everything Science@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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Ferdinand Magellan, who murdered and enslaved indigenous people, was not an astronomer nor the clouds' discoverer.
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    They need to stop naming stuff after people

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