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IAU Names Fifth Dwarf Planet Haumea

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-was-rooting-for-slash-and-dot dept.

Kligat writes "The International Astronomical Union has renamed the dwarf planet Haumea and its two moons Hi'iaka and Namaka, after the Hawaiian fertility goddess, the patron goddess of Hawaii, and a water spirit. The cigar-shaped body is speculated to have resulted from its short rotational period of only four hours. Holding up the reclassification of the body as a dwarf planet was a dispute over its discovery between the groups of José Luis Ortiz Moreno and Michael E. Brown."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    eat my asshole! Vote Barack Obama!

    1. Re:fp by __aamnbm3774 · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      I was on the verge of going either way, but this comment sealed the deal!
      Thank You Anonymous Coward!
      </sarcasm>

    2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Thanks. I appreciate the way you eat my asshole. You really put your tongue into it. It's like a horse eating an apple.

  2. So what by Adolf+Hitroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will they send McSame there or is it just some sci-junk on a no-news day?

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