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10-August-2005, 07:53 PM
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Asteroid with TWO moons
First Asteroid Trio Discovered
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10-August-2005, 10:48 PM
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Original ESO press release with images and animations is here.
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11-August-2005, 02:14 AM
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Well, the naming business is getting even more silly. It has been suggested that you can't use many of the Romano-Greek names for planets like 'Xena' because they have been used for asteroids, but now they are proposing to name these Romulus and Remus.
Only problem is that there already is: 10386 Romulus (1996 TS15) Not the same body, as the moon was discovered in 2001, designation S/2001 (87) 1 Far more confusing than naming a planet with an asteroid's name, but it also suggests that 'Xena' can be called anything the IAU wants, (provided it isn't already the name of a major planet or moon, I guess.)
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