2005 FY9 News!

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by Connect-the-Stars, Jun 27, 2008.

  1. Connect-the-Stars Registered Senior Member

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    Ok, maybe some of you knew this, maybe not.

    I emailed Mike Brown, discoverer of 2005 FY9 and asked for some details about the name he proposed (I also asked if it was ok to share and he didn't say not to! xD).

    Apparently, the deity it will take the name of is a MALE BIRD/BIRD-RELATED deity!!!!!!

    He says it shouldn't be long before the naming process is completed!

    I didn't ask about 2003 EL61 or his other discoveries as I was mostly focused on this one, but I guess their naming processes should be over soon too.
     
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  3. blobrana Registered Senior Member

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    Excellent post.
     
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  5. Connect-the-Stars Registered Senior Member

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    Thanks, and if people need it I guess I can take a screenshot of the email as proof.
     
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  7. Starthane Xyzth returns occasionally... Valued Senior Member

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    So the name will be... Horus? Quetzalcoatl? Donald Duck? Daffy? Big Bird?
     
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  9. blobrana Registered Senior Member

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  10. Connect-the-Stars Registered Senior Member

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    lol After I got this tip I googled 'bird gods' and the first I got was Garuda (I specifically asked which culture the name came from and he wouldn't tell me anything), though, their could be dozens of male gods fitting some bird-related description with Egypt alone having Nekhbet, Mut, Horus, Ma'at and Thoth.

    We're just gonna have to wait and see I'm afraid. :shrug:
     
  11. Connect-the-Stars Registered Senior Member

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    No, not Celaeno, half of what we know aout the identity is that it's male remember.

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  12. blobrana Registered Senior Member

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    Yeah, i did think about that - but i quite fancy having `Easterbunny` renamed after a harpie.
    (They don't get much of a plug nowadays.)
     
  13. Connect-the-Stars Registered Senior Member

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    lol that's silly, but it'd have to be a 'creator harpy'

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