So I just learned yesterday, a little after 6pm, that the Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) and official Dwarf Planet formerly designated 2003 EL61 (one of three announced by Mike Brown's team at the same time as 2005 FY9 aka MakeMake and 2003 UB313 aka Eris )  had finally received the official name Haumea (on Sep 17th or so, after over three years) on ( Read more... )