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* "I'm Your Moon," described elsewhere on this very Wiki as "the most touching song about astronomical taxonomy ever written." Yes, it's quite literally about Charon trying to cheer Pluto up after being demoted to dwarf planet. But really, it's hard NOT tear up at the gentle sweetness of it. "From out here, it's the rest of the world that looks so small..."

** In his series of blog posts about the fifth-year anniversary of his Thing a Week project, he noted how a song he'd only given a little bit of thought to had exploded beyond its boundaries. Although he ''wrote'' the song about Pluto and Charon, the ways in which people had been using it--as a song at their weddings, as a lullaby for their children--had made it into so much ''more.'' And he thinks that's awesome. So he's acknowledged its power himself, and just knowing how much the song has struck a chord with people is tear jerker in itself!