No “Planet McPlanetface” option. Sorry.

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The three choices fit IAU naming regulations and are associated with mythological creatures and figures that reflect aspects of 2007 OR10’s physical properties, which include rock, water ice, possibly methane ice, and a surface that’s red in color.


Your three choices?


Gonggong (共工, the bringer of floods 洪 and chaos)


Holle (which I always thought was Hulda or Holda)


Vili (which I knew as Wela in English class)


At least these scientists learned an important lesson from our recent past…


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