[FPSPACE] Xena? XENA?

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In a message dated 8/1/2005 7:53:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
stefan at orbireport.com writes:

> Persephone is already asteroid #399 and the Latin equivalent, Proserpina, 
> is
> asteroid #26.

No, that's Persephone pronounced "Per-se-phuh-nee." This would be Persephone 
pronounced "Throat-war-bler-man-grov".

But anyway - planets don't fit into the asteroid/KBO/whatever naming 
conventions, right? And I *think* there are some asteroids that have moon names, yes? 

David

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