And I will shine the rings round Saturn or roll stones with Sisyphus

[sovay]

I appear to have named a satellite.

Mike Brown rocks, and so do the Etruscans.

And this was—to my great surprise—already a good day!

Comments

[selidor]

Nice! I'm glad he picked that one. Will see if we can send you a photo of it and Orcus - either one of the original ones, or from next time we observe it.

*happy bounce*

[sovay]

Will see if we can send you a photo of it and Orcus - either one of the original ones, or from next time we observe it.

I would love that. Thank you!

And thank you for sending me the pointer in the first place!

[selidor]

You're most welcome.
Will see what we can do photo-wise ;)

It'll take a little while, probably at least a few months, for the relevant International Astronomical Union committee to go through due process on its decision on the submitted name, but most submissions go through pretty smoothly. Oh, and IAU Notifications are generally under subscription-wall for the first little while after they are released - but I'll make sure to send you the bulletin number+text once the deliberations are done so you can see/cite the official publication.