- MORE DWARF PLANETS AND BIG TNOS NAMED BY THE IAU TODAY YEAHHHHH 2004 GV9 → Goibniu 2005 RM43 → Rumina 2002 UX25 & moon → Uni & Tinia * Uni is weird because it's made of holey ice less dense than water 2002 XW93 → Xewioso 2013 FY27 → Chiminigagua (named 3 weeks ago, but nobody mentioned it on bsky)Sep 1, 2025 18:22
- (Name announcement in link) There's an interesting pattern where the new name initials (except Chimini) match the letters of their designation (e.g. Rumina = RM43); IAU says it's intentional. So this leaves 2017 OF201 and 2021 DR15 as the biggest unnamed Solar System objects at ~700 km diameter...
- (also how long will it take before someone makes a chimichanga joke lol)
- this is a continuation of this btw bsky.app/profile/astr...
