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Cyber Warrior
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Posts: 10,241
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Cyber Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Posts: 10,241
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Astronomers name \"world of Chaos\"
From the BBC website
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The distant world whose discovery prompted leading astronomers to demote Pluto from the rank of "planet" has now been given its own official name.
Having caused so much consternation in the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the object has been called Eris, after the Greek goddess of discord.
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Eris has a moon, and this too now has an official name: Dysnomia, the daughter of Eris known as the spirit of lawlessness.
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From the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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