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2005 FY9 now has a name, Makemake, and dwarf planet status.
I've updated outersys.ssc on SVN accordingly.

The name (pronounce it makki-makki) comes from the creation myth of Rapa Nui (Easter Island): a reference to 2005 FY9's informal designation, "Easter Bunny".
So presumably we can expect something from the mythology of Christmas Island when 2003 EL61 ("Santa") gets an official name.

Grant

Grant,

in the SSC, you used the line Class "dwarf planet". There shouldn't be a space in the class name. Should be Class "dwarfplanet" instead.

Cham wrote:Grant,

in the SSC, you used the line Class "dwarf planet". There shouldn't be a space in the class name. Should be Class "dwarfplanet" instead.

Thanks for finding this. I've committed a correction to SVN.

--Chris

Cham wrote:in the SSC, you used the line Class "dwarf planet". There shouldn't be a space in the class name. Should be Class "dwarfplanet" instead.

Oops.
Thanks Cham; and thanks, Chris, for making the correction.

Grant

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html