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Breaking News - Xena officially 'Eris'

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17 years 7 months ago #32879 by dmcdona
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UB 313 (unofficially Xena) has now been officially named by the IAU as "Eris".

Eris also has a satellite - Dysnomia.

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17 years 7 months ago #32880 by albertw
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UB 313 (unofficially Xena) has now been officially named by the IAU as "Eris".


Dam spiders get everywhere!

Oh other Eris...

I see they are keeping a theme with these plutonian thingies in naming them after cartoon characters: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Eris_in_Sinbad.jpg
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17 years 7 months ago #32881 by voyager
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Hmmm .... zena was a much more catchy name .... would have prefered it to become the official name :(
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17 years 7 months ago #32882 by pmgisme
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You would wonder ....why bother?

There is a very strange cohort of "word-smiths" in the IAU at the moment...next thing they will rename Earth because soil is also called Earth..or something equally daft.

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17 years 7 months ago #32884 by dmcdona
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There is a very strange cohort of "word-smiths" in the IAU at the moment...next thing they will rename Earth because soil is also called Earth..or something equally daft.


Peter - the IAU didn't determinethe name. The discoverer entered a citation which the IAU have to accept (unless it is offensive).

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17 years 7 months ago #32889 by dave_lillis
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A pity, Xena was a great name for it.
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