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Space & Planetary Science

Dwarf Planet Family Update

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
September 15, 2006

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IAU names dwarf planet Eris

“The International Astronomical Union announces the names (136199) Eris for the dwarf planet provisionally named 2003 UB313 and Dysnomia for its moon.”

IAU Numbers Pluto as an Asteroid, Renames Xena and Gabrielle

“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 UB313 (cf. IAUC 8577) to be considered representative “dwarf planets”…”

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