Xena is Dead, Long Live Eris! Hail Discordia!

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Xena is Dead, Long Live Eris! Hail Discordia!

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The object previously known as 'Xena' has been given it's right and proper name: Eris, named for the Goddess of mischief. It's moon is named Dysnomia, Goddess of lawlessness.

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Post by LadyTevar »

Considering that Eris and Dysnomia are one of the reasons for Pluto's demotion ... YES, very appropriate names. :P
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Thank god; the last thing this solar system needed was a planet named after some silly show like Xena.
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You shall now all refer to Pluto as 134340.
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Post by White Haven »

Mischief and Lawlessness....aw damn, now I've for a fic idea bouncing around in my head. CURSE YOU, MISTER MANIFOL...excuse me. CURSE YOU, RANDOM ASTRONOMERS!
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Post by Kuja »

Shit, the Emperor better get that locked down tight or I see bad things coming. >.<

More seriously I agree, Eris is a far better name than freaking Xena.
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Two worls with contrasting names locked in orbit around each other - I like the idea. Kudos to the astronomers for coming up with such a clever name.
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Post by XaLEv »

So the satellite of the body formerly known as Xena is now named after a goddess of Lawlessness.

I wonder if that was intentional on their part.
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Post by drachefly »

Oh my, now THAT's a nice twist... But it was Gabrielle who ended up as Lawless, not Lucy's Xena.
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Post by Raesene »

they are appropriate names - I would like Pluto back as planet #9 and not #134340.

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The Discordians must be happy. And just think in 5-10 years time criminals will be attempting to claim 'rays' from Discordia made them commit crimes. (no really, a surprising number of people attempt 'Lunacy' (affected by moon-beams) as a criminal defense every full moon.
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Setesh wrote:The Discordians must be happy. And just think in 5-10 years time criminals will be attempting to claim 'rays' from Discordia made them commit crimes. (no really, a surprising number of people attempt 'Lunacy' (affected by moon-beams) as a criminal defense every full moon.
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Bah. I would have liked them to stay Xena and Gabrielle just for the wackiness of it.
That being said the official names work for me.
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Post by GrandMasterTerwynn »

Raesene wrote:they are appropriate names - I would like Pluto back as planet #9 and not #134340.

do you think the `revisionists' will be successful ?
Pluto had it coming. The only reason it was considered a planet at all was because we didn't know any better. Scientists made the same mistake for Ceres too, and they managed to correct it, even in the relatively backward days of the 19th century.
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