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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] [QUOTE][i]Original posted by [URL=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3288636]Houston Chronicle[/URL]:[/i] [qb]Brown said they had a name they have proposed for the planet, but did not want to disclose it publicly until it had been formally approved by the International Astronomical Union. "We have a name we really like, and we want it to stick," he said. Informally, the astronomers have been calling it "Xena" after the television series about a Greek warrior princess, which was popular when the astronomers began their systematic sweep of the sky in 2000. "Because we always wanted to name something Xena," Brown said.[/qb][/QUOTE]The real name of the planet/planetoid/[i]Discovery[/i] is pending. I read on another site that I can't find at the moment that it's also unofficially known as Lila, after one of the discoverer's first-born daughter. Personally, I hope they name it Discordia. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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