On June 9, 2025, object (307261) 2002 MS4 was officially named (307261) Mani.
"Máni [male character] is a personification of the Moon from Old Norse as described in the Prose Edda. Máni is the son of Mundilfari and the brother of Sól [female character], the Sun." (WGSBN Bull. 5, #11, 13)
In Norse mythology, the gods assigned Máni and Sól (sons of Mundilfari) the task of controlling and directing the Moon and the Sun respectively, avoiding being reached by the wolves Hati and Sköll (eclipsing agents).
In this mythology, the sociability of the Moon (astrological meaning) takes on a masculine component, manifesting itself in the form of initiative during social interaction. The wolves, following behind, symbolize social integration and the restructuring of the positions that each member occupies in the social hierarchy.
The classical Kuiper belt object Mani represents the capacity for evolution and adaptation to rapid changes in state in the form of a burst (5:16 resonance with Uranus). It also represents the ability to remain open to understanding others if their attitude and behavior are in line with our values (8:13 resonance with Neptune).
The objet Mani has the ability to remain open to facts or information that progressively help defining the quality of the situation or problem (perihelion in 8:3 resonance with Eris). It also produces events or circumstances that force shortcomings related to identification processes to come to light (perihelion in 4:3 resonance with Haumea-Varuna-2002_UX25).
The object Mani is also related to infiltration capabilities (aphelion in 1:2 resonance with Neptune), which require a certain degree of personality sophistication (aphelion in 3:4 resonance with Pluto). It also generates exceptional opportunities in which access is opened to processes or functions that are normally closed or internal (aphelion in 5:6 resonance with Salacia), which all together make the course of development or the final outcome very difficult to deduce from the outset (aphelion in 5:3 resonance with Gonggong).
