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Dwarf planet is named!

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:58 PM

CREVANREAVER


The dwarf planet previously known as 2003 UB313 that was occasionally refer to by the nickname "Xena" has now officially been given a name: Eris (officially 136199 Eris).

Some info on Eris:

* It is named after the Greek goddess of strife whose Latin name is Discordia.
* It's the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. (It's larger than Pluto.)
* It has a moon named Dysnomia.
* It and Dysnomia are currently the most distant known objects in the solar system.
* Its discovery is what lead the International Astronomical Union to finally define the term 'planet' more precisely.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=22045


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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:28 PM

RABBIT2


I think I prefered Xena better, or maybe `planet Bob`.

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Friday, September 15, 2006 2:48 PM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!


I was hoping they'd name it "Fluffy".

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