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(Space & Astronomy News, 3/10/05)
Xena, the possible 10th planet in our solar system, has its own moon, a dim
little satellite called Gabrielle, its discoverers say.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/space/SpaceRepublish_1473136.htm

More cool Xena stuff

Date: 2005-10-10 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] revbob2.livejournal.com
Mike Brown, one of the discoverers, talks about Xena and Gaby and the other Kuiper Belt planets: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/

He says there's absolutely no chance the IAU will keep those names. Drat!

Summary of suitable names for planets, moons, craters, etc.: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append6.html

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