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12. There Was Almost a Dwarf Planet Called Xena

When the team of astronomers discovered the dwarf planet Eris, they initially nicknamed it Xena, and it almost stuck. It had a good mythological ring to it, it started with X (which fit well with the tenth planet) and they’re always looking for new female names to enrich the sky. Even the media ran with planet Xena for a while, until the International Astronomical Union nixed that and made Eris the official name.

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