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What exactly did Jane Luu do? What were her major accomplishments throughout her life?

Follow her link. Her article even links to her own web page.

Urhixidur 01:57, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)

Smiley?

Any reference for that claim? Because if that's true, thanks to the IAU not accepting that name. --Jyril 11:44, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

I talked to Jane Luu once. She told me the story of choosing Smiley but having it be rejected. Dioxinfreak (talk) 06:19, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cubewan, though a departure, would seem appropriate; or Cubewana, perhaps. Rothorpe (talk) 00:11, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, come on Dioxinfreak ... tell us the story too? The NASA page linked to that part of the article is a dead link. 51.7.49.61 (talk) 14:46, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

According to German Wikipedia, the name referred to George Smiley. Using the search string "15760 albion" "george smiley", I've found this source, which confirms this story on page 17. However, this source also points out that it was only an informal name for internal use (confirming German Wikipedia on this point) and never suggested for the official naming, since "Smiley" was already in use for the asteroid 1613 Smiley. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 17:28, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

albedo

This article gives an unusually high albedo of 0.5-1.0, while the frech version fr:(15760) 1992 QB1 gives 0.07. Which one is correct? Martinwilke1980 10:54, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The lower one is better. The sources on the net give it a low albedo. The 0.5-1.0 figure is probably just a typo with the decimal point.

I'll make a change here.

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--JeffGBot (talk) 04:13, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong statement: a few dozen are classical Kuiper belt objects

Hello! This articles says that a few dozen are classical Kuiper belt objects. That is not correct. A paper by Gladman et al. (Nomenclature in the Outer Solar System) lists more than 270 such objects. As numbers will change in the future (as will the nomenclature and classification of specific TNOs), it is probably better to remove any specific numbers to prevent having to constantly update the article. CalRis (talk) 12:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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It has a name!

Wheeeeee! Finally, after only... like... a quarter century. Nice work everyone :D

Now, what's the second KBO to be discovered after Pluto ... does it have a name yet? If so, what's the next longest standing "nameless" object? We should get to work on finally bringing them out of the codename-only doldrums.

Or at least do something about 2007 OR10 and 2002 MS4 because, honestly... it's a bit laughable, two of the larger TNOs (one of which is a very strong DP candidate, and the other is at least potential) still being "Orten" and "Mizfor". Fire up the naming engines! 146.199.0.203 (talk) 19:00, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(happens across the same page five years later) ... Well, that's one down ... now for the second? At least some progress is being made. 51.219.168.15 (talk) 13:45, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]