“Petit-Prince” is an asteroid moon discovered in 1998. It was named in honor of Empress Eugénie’s child, Napoléon, Prince Imperial. It was also named after the famous book by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, “Le Petit Prince” (also known as “The Little Prince”), whose protagonist was a prince who lives on an asteroid.
Source: http://www.boulder.swri.edu/merline/petitprince.name.txt
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