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Date: 13 Sep 2006 22:30:36
From: Scott Miller
Subject: The "new" UB313
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The following comes from the IAU.
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].
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Date: 14 Sep 2006 05:56:36
From: Don't Be Evil
Subject: Re: The "new" UB313
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Scott Miller wrote:
> The following comes from the IAU.
>
> 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].
>From wikipedia: "The dwarf planet is named after Eris, the Greek
mythological goddess personifying discord. Her Latin name is Discordia.
How appropriate as there was much discord about the status of UB313 as
well as Pluto. I wonder if it's an intentional pun.
Greg
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Date: 14 Sep 2006 09:37:19
From: Brian Tung
Subject: Re: The "new" UB313
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Greg wrote:
> From wikipedia: "The dwarf planet is named after Eris, the Greek
> mythological goddess personifying discord. Her Latin name is Discordia.
>
> How appropriate as there was much discord about the status of UB313 as
> well as Pluto. I wonder if it's an intentional pun.
It's the name given...to the farthest.
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