Xena is now Eris
Too bad, I kind of liked Xena...
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> Circular No. 8747> Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams> INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION> Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, > U.S.A.> IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)> CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)> URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ISSN 0081-0304> Phone 617-495-7440/7244/7444 (for emergency use only)>>> (134340) PLUTO, (136199) ERIS, AND (136199) ERIS I (DYSNOMIA)> Following the Aug. 24 resolution by the IAU to the effect that> the solar system contains eight "planets" (Mercury-Neptune), with> (1) Ceres, Pluto (cf. IAUC 255), and 2003 UB_313 (cf. IAUC 8577) to> be considered representative "dwarf planets", the Minor Planet> Center included Pluto and 2003 UB_313 (along with two other new> potential dwarf-planet candidates) in the standard catalogue of> numbered objects with well-determined orbits as (134340) and> (136199), respectively (see MPC 57525). Following near-unanimous> acceptance by both the Committee on Small-Body Nomenclature and the> Working Group on Planetary-System Nomenclature (in consultation> with the discovery team), the IAU Executive Committee has now> approved the names Eris for (136199) and Dysnomia for its satellite> (136199) Eris I [formerly S/2005 (2003 UB_313) 1; cf. IAUC 8610].>> [snip]>> (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT> 2006 September 13 (8747) Daniel W. E. Green
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> Circular No. 8747> Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams> INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION> Mailstop 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, > U.S.A.> IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)> CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)> URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html ISSN 0081-0304> Phone 617-495-7440/7244/7444 (for emergency use only)>>> (134340) PLUTO, (136199) ERIS, AND (136199) ERIS I (DYSNOMIA)> Following the Aug. 24 resolution by the IAU to the effect that> the solar system contains eight "planets" (Mercury-Neptune), with> (1) Ceres, Pluto (cf. IAUC 255), and 2003 UB_313 (cf. IAUC 8577) to> be considered representative "dwarf planets", the Minor Planet> Center included Pluto and 2003 UB_313 (along with two other new> potential dwarf-planet candidates) in the standard catalogue of> numbered objects with well-determined orbits as (134340) and> (136199), respectively (see MPC 57525). Following near-unanimous> acceptance by both the Committee on Small-Body Nomenclature and the> Working Group on Planetary-System Nomenclature (in consultation> with the discovery team), the IAU Executive Committee has now> approved the names Eris for (136199) and Dysnomia for its satellite> (136199) Eris I [formerly S/2005 (2003 UB_313) 1; cf. IAUC 8610].>> [snip]>> (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT> 2006 September 13 (8747) Daniel W. E. Green
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