Xena, Warrior Planet
When I first heard the unofficial name for the newly discovered 10th planet (major, minor, or floating space debris - I don't believe it's terribly important), I naturally assumed that there was some history to the name I was unaware of. After all, surely no one in their right minds would a discovery as significant as a whole planet a delightfully cheesy slice of antipodean fantasy. I take it back:
The discovery was announced by US scientists yesterday and the object has unofficially been named Xena, after the TV series starring Lucy Lawless. 'We have always wanted to name something Xena,' said Michael Brown, a member of the team that made the discovery using telescopes at the Palomar Observatory, outside San Diego, California.
You can read the rest of the Observer article for yourselves.
I want to name something now.
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OK, I'll bite. What would you name it?
I'm sure Duck Dodgers (in the 24th and a half century) would agree with me that there is only one possible choice here: Planet X!
Wasn't there a planet X just beyond Pluto at one point in time? Or am I just completely confused?
Now that you mention it, I'm sure there was some controversy a year or two ago about something floating out there. Sedna, wasn't it? I'm not sure what ever came of it, though I suspect it was probably dismissed as an asteroid or other minor body...