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Xena sounds like something right out of Star Trek.
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Actually it sounds like something out of
Xena: Warrior Princess. Luckily it's only a nickname, and not the name submitted to the IAU by its discoverer.
Hmmm, the IAU votes on this new definition in three days. I hope the textbook printers are prepared, but personally I think this
alternative proposal has a fighting chance of being many people's preference. If Mike Smith's prediction that 200 planets could be recognised in our solar system, I think there would be desperate pleas for a redefinition.