(ex) Planet 10 "Xena" is officially christened "Eris"

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5344892.stm

So Xena has been officially named Eris (after the greek goddess of discord) and her moon is Dysnomia (daughter of Eris and the spirit of lawlessness)

Like all small bodies in the solar system, such as dwarf planets and asteroids, Eris and Dysnomia were each given a sequential number.

Pluto, now just another of the probably dozens of dwarf planets, was further demoted by receiving a sequential number just as Eris and Dysnomia received… it now is officially called 134340 Pluto.