Does anyone elce remember news reports of a new planet being discovered in our solar system?
Eris was hailed as the “tenth planet” when its discovery was announced (then known as 2003 UB313) in 2005 Cal Tech press release from 29 July 2005 http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/… Discovery team leader Mike Brown’s page on (136199) Eris = 2003 UB313 = Xena http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/plane… Eris is a bit bigger than Pluto but both are now classed as dwarf planets under the IAU definition passed in August 2006.
