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==Trivia== *The designation LV-426 is not scientifically accurate. Lima Vector or Lagrange Vector and 3 coordinates to specify which moon of a planetary body is being referred to. In reality this is not a correct designation (as a myriad of satellites around any planet could have the same three digit number (which is not a vector notation). The correct astronomical nomenclature for LV-426 would be: S/2039 (ζ2 Ret IV) 2. S: for designating a Satellite (Moon) 2039: the year of discovery (ζ2 Ret IV): The planet it orbits (in this case the fourth planet of Zeta 2 Reticuli) 2: As the 2nd new moon discovered and designated in that year, around that planetary body. After it is named (and if the planet is named) it would be: (ζ2 Ret) Calpamos II Acheron *The name "Acheron" is likely a reference to the branch of the river Styx in Greek mythology. *Source materials differ widely on the diameter of the planetoid: A figure of 1,200 km is given in the movie ''[[Alien]]'', the film's shooting screenplay, and in the accompanying novel. The [[Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual]] (a supplementary book to ''[[Aliens]]'') gives a figure of 12,201 km, which is essentially the same size as Earth and would hardly make it describable as a "tiny planetoid" as in the ''[[Alien]]'' movie and script. The [[Alien_(Star_Beast)|original script]] by [[Dan O'Bannon|O'Bannon]] and [[Ronald Shusett|Shusett]] before rework by [[Walter Hill|Hill]] and [[David Giler|Giler]] has the diameter at 120km.
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