Remeber Xena?

Sep 13, 2006 21:36

Remember the recently discovered "dwarf planet" affectionately dubbed Xena by it's discoverers...Well, we can't get away with that anymore. Because it has been officially named Eris (technically 136199 Eris according to Wikipedia). Eris, if you like me have never heard of this Greek goddess, is, "Eris (Greek Ἒρις, "Strife") is the goddessRead more... )

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alice_the_raven September 14 2006, 06:50:59 UTC
I liked the name "Xena", but Eris is good. It seems a bit out of place though as all of the other planets use the Roman/Latin names for the pantheon of gods.

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