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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. Kind of an appropriate name by miro+f · · Score: 4, Insightful

    given the strife and discord its discovery created within the land of astronomers

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    being vague is almost as cool as doing that other thing...
  2. Re:You are alone by Shaper_pmp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Indeed, Kierthos.

    There are plenty of Discordians around, especially on Slashdot. It's just that whenever someone instructs a Discordian to "all hail Eris", most Discordian's first instincts are to do the opposite. Kind of goes with the territory.

    Happily, there are also those like Kierthos, who even rebel against the disorder prevalent in Discordianism[1].

    All Hail Discordia!

    (Hah!)

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    Everything in moderation, including moderation itself