[meteorite-list] What to name Planet X

[Walter Branch]

Hi Rob,

Yea, that's the one!  He got his teeth removed by the wanna-be dentist elf.

I forgot the elph's name, but a moon could certainly be named after him.

Good choice.

-Walter
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From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
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Subject: [meteorite-list] What to name Planet X


> Hi All,
>
> How 'bout planet "Bumble", after the term of endearment for the Abominable
> Snow Monster from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?  ;-)  --R
>
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers to Decide What Makes a Planet
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>
> Hi, Darren,
>
>     Brown wanted Persephone, too. But it's taken, years ago, by a MINOR
> planet.
>
>     ORCUS, a Greek name for the Afterlife is already taken by another
really
> big KBO, 2000DW.  Eurydice?
> Elysium?  Minos? Hades? The Underworld names seems too negative for a
happy
> object. They may all be
> taken by the 240,000 minor planets, some of whom are named for members of
> this List.
>
>     Brown has been searching for years. I'll bet he long ago figured out a
> good name for the Whopper
> when he found it. We'll see.
>
> Sterling
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