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Later conflicts arose in relatively recent times from giving newly discovered satellites the same names as those of asteroids. By this time, it was possibly felt that the true name of an asteroid such as "38 Leda" included its minor planet number, and so re-using the name for a satellite did not
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Several bodies have completely distinct names, but may be confused because their names refer to the same thing or the same mythological character. This is usually true when one name is Latin and another Greek, and causes special confusion in
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of the Latin mythological names they were given upon discovery. As a result, 1 Ceres was given the Modern Greek name Î”ÎźÎŒÎ·Ï„ÏÎ± (Dēmētra). Later, when 1108 was discovered and named, to avoid conflict it was given the Ancient Greek form, Î”Î·ÎŒÎźÏ„Î·Ï
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Some of these bodies have exactly the same name, referring to the same mythological character. The earliest such conflicts possibly arose through not considering certain mythological names as "official"; for instance, the names
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In the earliest of these conflicts, the natural satellite was named first, and the conflict arose with the naming of an asteroid. These conflicts span the period 1858–1906.
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really create a conflict. These conflicts span the period 1975–2001, though some conflicts of this type had arisen earlier with some names used unofficially.
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Some objects have names that refer to the same mythological character, but slight variations in spelling prevent there from being a technical conflict.
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of planets, which are named according to different but partially overlapping schemes. Most satellites are named after people and divinities in
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a modification of the same used in English. The name of the moon Cupid specifically refers to Cupid appearing as a character in the play
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Some of the conflicts, surprisingly enough, are with planets and satellites, or other astronomical objects with long-established names.
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bodies, in spite of efforts to give every named body a distinct name. Most of these conflicts are between
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discovered 1932, the first being the Greek, and the second and third Latin renditions of the name of
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Some bodies have names of identical form, but were actually named for different persons or things.
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of Jupiter were not used in astronomical literature of a certain era, their place being taken by
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Other conflicts occurred between asteroids discovered earlier and those discovered later.
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shortly after its discovery, but it was not officially named until 1975.
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There are several real or apparent name conflicts between different
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a German one. The names are therefore in full conflict in German.
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discovered 1880, was named after opera singer Bianca Bianchi and
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discovered 1882. Named for the goddess of the dawn.
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Bodies with identical names and different referents
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