Sunday, 31 July 2005
The "X" Stands for "Ten"
An article in the New York Times about the discovery of a tenth planet in our solar system. Vagaries about what defines a planet aside, it's kind of cool.
The best part of the article, though, was a quote from Michael E. Brown, one of the co-discoverers:
Informally, the astronomers have been calling it Xena after the television series about a Greek warrior princess, which was popular when the astronomers began their systematic sweep of the sky in 2000. "Because we always wanted to name something Xena," Dr. Brown said.
Good to see the geek sense of humor in the news.
Comments
Evan [ 4:54 PM on Monday, 8 August 2005 ]
Yeah, new land we can invade! I mean, liberate.
Evan