Xena is renamed ...
Eris after its demotion, and its sidekick become Dysnomia
Interesting choice of namespace, I blame the Illuminati.
Is a Harvard special...
Praise Eris!
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Hrmph. If they must be dwarf planets, should they not at least have dwarf names?
Instead of Eris and Dysnomia couldn't they have gone with Ori and Nori or Þráinn & Þórinn, or go with the real classics Nýi and Niði!
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pfft! Seems like a slap in the face to Mike Brown, but perhaps I'm reading a bit too much into this. I don't know the actual politics going on here. Such displays of emotion over finding planets both in and outside of the solar system...
If I ever get this worked up on my dusty degenerates or rubble rings, please put me out of my misery with some Penn State ninjas.
It's about time she started to get her due. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!