NASA's New Horizon's team met with the legendary '70s and '80s band STYX on Wednesday. Since the rock band shares the same name as Pluto's faintest lunar rock, it only seems fitting that the band would meet the scientist who discovered Styx (the moon, not the band) in 2012.
The band Styx chose its name in 1972, four decades before Pluto's fifth moon was spotted. The name refers to the river in Greek mythology between earth and the underworld.
Styx the moon - previously known as simply P5 - was christened by the International Astronomical Union, to the disappointment of Star Trek fans, who had campaigned for "Vulcan," shared by the Roman god for volcanoes.
"When Pluto's moon was named, it was for the river Styx, but no kidding, we really had you guys in mind too," Stern joked with the band.
