[irowe]

I spent way too long trying to find a way to read this without making an account on X, so here's the recap:

An illustrator accidentally mislabelled a quasi-satellite named 2002-VE68 as a moon of Venus called “ZOOZVE" on a children's map (Venus doesn't have any proper moons).

[xorbax]

Yes, the story is essentially linked to a podcast called Radiolab* that has used the story as a story pitch about submitting the name for the the asteroid.

The link isn't the thing-itself, it's part of a media campaign. The naming committee apparently has two dangling votes left for the decision. The podcast came out today and the decision is expected in the next few weeks.

* I originally said Reply-All

[Kluggy]

Are you sure it was Reply-All? Their latest show listed is Sept 2023 on https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all and nothing newer shows up in my podcast app.

[boomboomsubban]

They meant Radiolab https://radiolab.org/podcast/zoozve

[xorbax]

Yep. I loaded the app, looked at the name, and screwed it up.

[xorbax]

Yeah, I donked it. I think there was some serious drama around Reply-All - they both float in the same shallow pool