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I always liked the name Aeolus.

Most of you are probably most familiar with the name as the character who was the friend of Hercules on the TV show that starred Kevin Sorbo as Hercules. But Aeolus is the name of a god in Greek mythology, the god of the winds:

Aeolus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolus

The name does not appear in this list of names of minor planets:

Minor Planet Names: Alphabetical List.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html

However the close name "Aeolia" does appear on it. Worse is that Aeolia was the name of the island on which Aeolus lived.
If Aeolus is used, then if it has a moon, the names of two of the children of Aeolus are not used according to the IAU list, Notus and Eurus.

Bob Clark

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