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[capitalistmonk]

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[uberjesus]

Goddamnit. This screws up sci-fi authors so goddamned much.

Stupid astronomers. It'd be easier to drop Pluto/Charon instead of adding a whackload more crappilly named planets...

[capitalistmonk]

Well if it makes you feel better Ceres was considered a planet for over fifty years after it's dicovery. If it makes you feel better they are given a different planetary classification than the classical planets.

[shinobi_jen]

Well I'll be damned.

[leehasalj]

Free Press said they were naming it Xena, and because it has a moon, they'll name the moon Gabrielle.

[capitalistmonk]

Absolutely not, Xena is the nickname it's been given, because 2003-UB313 is a pain in the ass to slip into conversation. Serious consideration as to the name has yet to begin.

[chaos_hippy]

Extensive study has determined that the planet and its moon are, in fact, lesbians.

[emailcordinator]

That successfully antiquates the one thing I knew about astronomy. Lovely.