Dwarf Planet Fight Yields Contentious New Name

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 16:21 in Astronomy & Space

Amid controversy over who found the object, the last official dwarf planet is named for a Hawaiian fertility goddess on a suggestion from Caltech astronomers, but the discovery location remains listed as Spain.

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