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Author: Gravis
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Subject: Re: [Dng] release names
> Not sure how many of these planets exist, but if we run out of planet
names, there's always the many moons of the solar system (165 by last
count). And then there are the comets.

"Minor planets can be dwarf planets, asteroids, trojans, centaurs, Kuiper
belt objects, and other trans-Neptunian objects.[1] The orbits of *670,000
minor planets* were archived at the Minor Planet Center by 2015.[2] The
first minor planet to be discovered was Ceres in 1801"

after we run out of minor planets, we're going to let you pick the names. ;P

here's the first 500 names: Meanings of minor planet names: 1–500
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanings_of_minor_planet_names:_1%E2%80%93500>

--Gravis

On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Robert Storey <robert.storey@???>
wrote:

> Just want to say that I really like this idea of naming releases after
> minor planets, such as Ceres. It's a way cool idea. I nominate
> pseudo-planet Sedna for a future Devuan release. Not sure how many of these
> planets exist, but if we run out of planet names, there's always the many
> moons of the solar system (165 by last count). And then there are the
> comets.
>
> Quite frankly, I always thought it was rather lame to name Debian releases
> after the toys in Toy Story. Then again, I thought the movie was lame too.
>
> Looking forward to Ceres,
> Robert
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