Posted by Xanatic on October 05, 2000 at 19:03:14: In Reply to: Re: Did you know...? posted by Rachel on October 05, 2000 at 18:24:55:
I donīt think it was the craters, more the big flat areas.
There was some discussion about wether Neriīs name was taken from the Nereids, some old greek sea nymphs. But according to JMSP, it was simply chosen because it sounded exotic. They didnīt know about the nereids. But Iīve written a bit more about them on my homepage if you want a further look.
Xanatic