Largest known dwarf planet named after Greek goddess of chaos [HAIL ERIS!]

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/13/06 | Alicia Chang

[roaddog727]

"And just where is the line between the largest dwarf planet and the smallest regular planet? "

Jumbo Shrimp!

[scrabblehack]

Dang, you're right. All the other planets have the Roman name as the planet name. It should be Discordia.

[commish]

SO since Eris and Pluto are half planets -- does this put us back up to 9????? 8 + .5 + .5

[kallisti]

Hmmm, that sounds familiar...

[Diamond]

The Greek for Wormwood would be something like 'apsinthos' or 'apsinthion'. I don't see an asteroid named like that yet, so it looks like you're safe for the time being.

Cordially,

[kallisti]

He is still breathing, isn't he?

[Phsstpok]

Largest known dwarf planet named after Greek goddess of chaos

Just what we need.  Planet Hillary! 

[Phsstpok]

Does Eris have a symbol? 

[SunkenCiv]

Revelation 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

8:011 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

[SunkenCiv]

:')

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"...known as the spirit of lawlessness..."

There was more of a spirit of Lawless-ness when the planet was named Xena!

[evets]

My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Neptune

Bush don't care about dwarfs.

[ItsForTheChildren]

Circumferentially challenged.

[annie laurie]

Interesting, I'd never seen reference to any of those before. I'll have to try to find the original feature and read the rest.

Thank you for the info :)

[SunkenCiv]

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