There has been a serious amount of speculation about the ludicrous demoting of the planet Pluto, exiled from its former family of nine because of being undersize. Don McGlashan at the Kings Arms in Auckland last Saturday said, "It's a little like the ants in our kitchen cupboard at home thinking up a new name for our family". While Pluto disappears beyond the orbit of 'serious' scientific observation...

Image: Xena - true star power. Credit: Nasa Via Associated PressThere has been a serious amount of speculation about the ludicrous demoting of the planet Pluto, exiled from its former family of nine because of being undersize. Don McGlashan at the Kings Arms in Auckland last Saturday said, "It's a little like the ants in our kitchen cupboard at home thinking up a new name for our family". While Pluto disappears beyond the orbit of 'serious' scientific observation...

Image: Xena - true star power. Credit: Nasa Via Associated Pressthe replacement Xena is beginning to gain some planetary fame. After all wasn't Xena named after a New Zealand television character, played by Lucy Lawless and famous for strutting her stuff.
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