LV 426 and LV 233

LV 426 was described in Alien as a small planetoid 1200km across (this is from memory, but I think it was small, and had a rotation period of two hours.) definitely not a big planet with a ring system. Wikipedia is wrong on this. This is your chance to edit it Gorman. Have you edited Wikipedia before, or just done simulated edits? :)

Gorman you are correct. I will add the link to weyland site in a bit. LV-426 is the planet with rings, LV-223 is a moon that is orbiting it. http://www.weylandindustries.com/

i'm confused :s

Why would the same system have objects in it that begin with LV2 and LV4?

@softkitty They may be next to each other - but that doesn't mean they would the same number - Example - the number "2" could indicate a certain size or type of planetoid... i.e. Number "4" is in the catergory of "Huge ringed Giant" - it is easier to catalogued what type of planet they are... Number "2" could mean "Moon"

They're both moons, both orbiting ringed gas giants, but in different star systems. My question, tho, is this: did Ridley Scott "steal" this from James Cameron? I don't believe that the designation "LV-426" came up at all in Alien, it first arose in Aliens.. Now we see it again (as "LV-234") in Prometheus. The tiny iota of research I've done so far hasn't yet answered this for me.. pt...