Hi all,
I just read Atlantis Found, my first Dirk Pitt book, and I have a
question.
Don't know if it's needed, but I'll put in some spoiler space just in case
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At the end of Chapter 34, Dr Friend explained that the second comet (that
missed the first time) is not on a collision course with Earth. Then at
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beginning of Chapter 35, Dr Friend calls the comet Baldwin, supposedly
after
the amateur astronomer who rediscovered it, but Pitt immediately calls it
the
"Murphy comet." Why does he do that?
Is it just a mistake in editing? Or is it the full name of the astronomer
as in
Murphy Baldwin, or Baldwin Murphy? Could it be a reference to a pair of
astronomers like Baldwin-Murphy or Murphy-Baldwin mentioned earlier in the
book
that I missed? Is it an in-joke like putting himself in the book as Dad?
Or is
it too inconsequential an item to obsess about? <g>
Thanks in advance,
John
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