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"Xena" To Be Named Eris

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-hail-discorida dept.

rdwald writes, "After over a year of hanging in maybe-planet limbo, newly-classified 2003 UB313, nicknamed Xena, now has a permanent name: Eris, goddess of strife. Its moon will be named Dysnomia, after the goddess of lawlessness — in Greek mythology, Eris's daughter — certainly not a reference there... I don't think I'm alone when I say, 'Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!'" In the same IAU announcement (PDF), Pluto was given its official minor planet number: 134340.

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  1. DNA said it best by MichaelSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    You cant use that popular name. We will give it our own name so that you know that its ours, not yours.

    Or something like that. My copy is upstairs and I can't be bothered to check.

    --
    http://michaelsmith.id.au
  2. Why not Xena? by Bob_Villa · · Score: 5, Funny

    She was a great 'warrior' in her own right, I loved watching her show.
    Especially those outfits, that was one of the best parts. I can never get my wife to wear things like that.

    You will be missed, Xena.

    1. Re:Why not Xena? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because naming a planet Xena was too difficult - it would have been much easier for the scientists involved to simply tattoo the word "loser" to their foreheads.

    2. Re:Why not Xena? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      GOLLY, I totally didn't get that from the obvious wording of sarcasm indicating there was a connection. Thanks! If you hadn't pointed that out, I'm sure nobody else would have gotten it! (Note: Please don't point out the sarcasm in this post. I prefer when people who can't detect sarcasm don't get it pointed out to them. They'll never be the wiser! Wait, you mean they can read this aside too? Sonufa...)

    3. Re:Why not Xena? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe it was just Xenophobia why they chose another name.

      --
      The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  3. First planet named after an IRC network! by Tillmann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi,

    sweet! First planet named after an IRC network!
    Long live EFnet!

    bye,
    Till

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. So... by trav242 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does Hagbard know about this? Well, I guess Gold & Appel Transfers will be getting into the space-race too.

  6. Re:Monty Python by th77 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Are all your planets called Eris?"

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    Your favorite sig sucks
  7. Hail Eris by PakProtector · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hail Eris, full of Taste, the IAU is with thee.
    Funky art thou among Goddesses, and Blessed is the Golden Apple of thy planet, Eris.
    Holy Eris, She who Dunnit, pray for all us humans now, and in the lifetime of our confusion.
    Fnord.

    --

    Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
    man: no entry for woman in the manual.
    "Qua!?"

  8. Re:Spectacles, testicles, brandy, cigars by Corf · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm a pope. I've got the laminated card to prove it. You can have one too.

    --
    The pain was excruciating and the scarring is likely permanent, but that just means it's working.
  9. 134340 by the_other_one · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am not a number. I am a free planet!

    --
    134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
  10. so now... by Nicaboker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Earth,

          Pleas do not take this letter as me being bitter but I must say I am rather upset. I have been there with you during the good times and the bad. I know I am smaller than most other planets, but I never thought you would reject me for it. We've been friends for so many years and now you no longer wish to call me a Planet. Just know that when the astroid comes flying towards you I wont be there to try and stop it anymore. I guess what I'm trying to say is... SCREW YOU!!

    Pluto

    P.S. Eris, you suck too

    --
    So many choices, so little tolerance.
  11. Re:Monty Python by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Are all your planets called Eris?"

    There's nothing so odd about that; Kemil Attaturk had an entire Solar System called Abdan.

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    My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
  12. Strife and lawlessness, perfect names for the time by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Eris, goddess of strife. Its moon will be named Dysnomia, after the goddess of lawlessness

    Why did the image of Iraq suddenly flash through my head as I read this?

    -Eric

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  13. Re:Monty Python by Eccles · · Score: 4, Funny

    This isn't a planet license; this is a Kuiper Belt object license with the words "Kuiper Belt" crossed out and the word "planet" written in in crayon.

    --
    Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
  14. Re:Not popular?!?! by crawling_chaos · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'm sure the goddesses of strife and lawlessness were widely worshipped by ancient Greek and Roman hooligans, rioters, lynch-mobs and criminals in general.

    We'd have to trace both the Bush and Kennedy family trees back that far to be sure though.

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    You can only drink 30 or 40 glasses of beer a day, no matter how rich you are.
    -- Colonel Adolphus Busch
  15. lawless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    obviously Xena is the goddess of lucy lawlessness

  16. Pronounciation by franksands · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a doubt: How do say 'Eris' instead of 'Ares'? I think this is why she is the goddess of discord, no one knows how to pronounce her name without confusing with her father's, and it must piss her off :P

  17. Pluto is still Pluto by argent · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pluto is still Pluto.

    Just because it has a number doesn't make the name go away. Let's see... I like the "Jelly Sandwich":

    Mother Very Thoughtfully Makes A Jelly Sandwich Using No Persimmons... Everyday.

    (Earnestly if you don't care for 'Terra')

    (Jelly Sandwiches instead of A Jelly Standwich to keep the Asteroids out)