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MT. OLYMPUS (The Borowitz Report)—Partially confirming Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s theory of divine intervention in the 2016 election, Eris, the Greek goddess of chaos, discord, and strife ...
Dysnomia is Eris's daughter in Greek mythology, and the word means lawlessness in Greek. "It sounds like a disease. But in any case we all liked it," says Dr Ted Bowell, ...
The International Astronomical Union has announced that the dwarf planet known as Xena since its 2005 discovery has been named Eris, after the Greek goddess of discord. Eris's moon will be known ...
Eris’s diameter is estimated to be between 2,400 and 3,00 kilometers (1,490 to 1,860 miles). It has a tiny moon – Dysnomia (the Greek goddess of Lawlessness, daughter of Eris) , which orbits ...
The IAU has now approved Brown’s suggested name, Eris, for the dwarf planet formerly known as 2003 UB313. In Greek mythology, Eris caused a fight over a golden apple, which led to the Trojan War.
The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of chaos and strife, was announced by the International Astronomical Union on Wednesday. Weeks earlier, ...