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[theweaselking]

The planetoid that ignited the debate that led to Pluto's reclassification as a non-planet has been named.

Appropriately enough, the new object is Eris.

Also,
A larger version of the story, from The Discovery Channel

Comments

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

Appropriate planetoid naming FTW!

[heraldofchaos.livejournal.com]

a better article here...

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/09/14/dwarfplanet_spa.html?category=space&guid=20060914103030

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Nice!

Thanks.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Appropriately enough, the new object is Eris.

Yes.

Also, yay.

All Hail Eris!

[paoconnell.livejournal.com]

And Eris' moon is Dysnomia, "Lawlessness." In Greek mythology, Dysnomia is Eris' daughter. The moon's name was also a tribute to Lucy Lawless, aka Xena (Eris' working name, better than 2003 UB313).