Moon Rocks Named for Dog Breeds

A Japanese Lunar probe set down on the Lunar surface at the wrong angle. It has still been able to take pictures of its surroundings.

The Japanese team operating the probe from Earth, has named rocks on one picture for dog breeds, apparently to give viewers a sense of the size of the rocks. One rock is called Shibainu, Hailey and Polly would have liked this. Another rock is called Toy Poodle, Laila would have liked this. While we like it as well, we would also have liked a rock called Chihuahua and another called Affenpinscher. It is still nice to see the impact of dog breeds on the names of those rocks.