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AKvetch

08/13/06 11:46 PM

#157 RE: SeriousMoney #156

Claims that 2003 UB313 has been officially named 'Xena' or 'Lila' are incorrect; 'Xena' is an informal codename used by its discoverers among themselves, and 'Lila' is a name in the address of the website where the object was announced, after the newly-born daughter of one of the discoverers. Neither name was submitted to the IAU.

Good article and more links here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_UB313