Persephone? Rupert?



How about 'Xena'? Argh... Unfortunately, that's probably what the newly-discovered tenth planet in our solar system is going to be called. Astronomer Mike Brown and friends discovered the planet a few months ago, and a hack into his computer forced his hand to give a public announcement of their discovery. The current official name for the object is 2003 UB313 (not P2X-313). It is approximately 1.5x the size of Pluto and orbits the sun approximately 3x as far away as Pluto.

We have yet to determine if there is any enemy presence on Xena, but I say we launch a pre-emptive strike just to be safe.

For more info, click here to visit NASA's website.

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