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what should we name it /sci/?
https://2007or10.name

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2019/or10-needs-a-name.html

>We’re asking for your help to pick a suitable name for 2007 OR10 to submit to the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU formally bestows permanent names upon solar system minor planets, but the discoverers have a roughly 10-year period after the body has a well-determined orbit to suggest a name for the IAU to consider. We have 3 naming suggestions that fit the IAU naming regulations and are associated with mythological creatures and figures that reflect aspects of 2007 OR10’s physical properties. The option with the most votes will be the one that we will formally submit to the IAU for consideration. Head to http://www.2007OR10.name and vote for your favorite naming suggestion. Voting ends on 10 May.

>(225088) 2007 OR10 is a binary trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun in the scattered disc, approximately 1,250 kilometers (780 miles) in diameter. It is the fifth-largest known body in the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune, and is the largest known body in the Solar System without a name. According to estimates as of September 2018, it is slightly larger than Charon, and is hence almost certainly a dwarf planet. It has one known moon, which is probably less than 100 km (≈ 60 miles) in diameter.