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shagbark Started conversation Aug 26, 2006
I notice you are including Sedna on your tour
why not A861446 Quaoar
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the_lyniezian Posted Sep 4, 2006
What about 'Xena'? (Whoever invented that name either must be a big fan of the TV series of the eponymous warrior princess, or taking the mick out of the whole name-planets-as-characters-from-mythology thing. Or both.)
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shagbark Posted Sep 4, 2006
XENA has not been officiallly named yet nor does it have an edited entry
(remember the rule-edited entries only link to edited entries?)
as to the naming you might find this link to the discoverer of Xena informative.
http://www.gps.caltech.edu~mbrown/whatsaplanet/requiem.html
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shagbark Posted Sep 4, 2006
XENA has not been officiallly named yet nor does it have an edited entry
(remember the rule-edited entries only link to edited entries?)
as to the naming you might find this link to the discoverer of Xena informative.
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/whatsaplanet/requiem.html
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Binro the Heretic Posted Sep 14, 2006
The official name of Xena is Eris and its moon is Dysnomia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5344892.stm
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the_lyniezian Posted Nov 22, 2006
As per typical, they are conservative enough to resort to classical mythology and not...'modern mythology'? Probably some intellectual property issues I dare say.
Alternatively they could try non-mythological names- any ideas people?
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shagbark Posted Nov 23, 2006
I still consider posts 2 through 5 a red herring.
Quaoar has an edited entry. why won't they answer the question in post#1
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