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Letter: Different verbs for different celestial bodies

Published 19 June 2019

From Andrew Glassner, Seattle, Washington, US

I read your headline “Chinese rover unearths moon's deeper secrets”, and I suspect we are being trolled (25 May, p 16). Surely the proper verb would be “unmoons”.

Issue no. 3235 published 22 June 2019

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