Rumor has it that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has either made a decision (or will soon) as to whether or not the tenth planet will really be classified as a planet or not. News to follow as soon as anything is confirmed.

1. Flamant Philippe Says:
   October 2nd, 2005 at 3:30 pm

   Bello,

   The tenth planet should be called PROSERPINE and not XENA.

   Philippe Flamant

2. Ion Railean Says:
   October 25th, 2005 at 11:32 am

   I’m from Republic of Moldova
   and I think that it shouldn’t be classified as a planet , because there should be the 11th , 12th “planets” , and so on , but these objects are only some kind of asteroids , meteorits , something like that
   I hope that I’ll find out the answer as soon as possible

3. kaiitlyn Isaksen Says:
   November 23rd, 2005 at 12:24 pm

   whats the planets real name? or did you not name the 10th planet yet?
   im a 6th grader doing a repport. i need this information.

   thanks for reading!!!!

4. Administrator Says:
   November 23rd, 2005 at 10:19 pm

   Sorry, but they have not yet named it.

5. 400vip Says:
   November 29th, 2005 at 1:10 pm

   im just wondering because if they say its not a planat pluto may not be a planet by there defitniton

6. Erin Says:
   December 16th, 2005 at 12:26 pm

   That’s the problem. If this planet is not defined as a planet, then Pluto probably shouldn’t be, either.

   I would love the name Persephone, but alas, 399 Persephone is an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt and already has the name.

7. Cassandra Says:
   December 22nd, 2005 at 4:32 pm

   I think the person (scientist) who discovered it should have the privilege of naming the planet he found. As long as the name isn’t derogatory or offensive then his choice should take precedence over anyone else’s…Xena is a fabulous name.

8. Abyssoft Says:
   December 27th, 2005 at 11:35 pm

   I am definately of the opinion that any body that is spherical(ellipsoidal) under its own gravitational influence that does not fuse elements should be classified as a planet. This would increase the number of planets in our solarsystem quite a bit but I am more then willing to accept this. for those that wish to only think of the current 9 as planets simply refer to those as historic planets.

9. C.S Says:
   January 15th, 2006 at 3:44 pm

   Well I agree with Cassandra, the scientist should be the one who decides what the tenth planets name is !! The IAU should just let it be named Xena, I mean come on thats a killer name! WHO WOULDNT want a planet named after a worrior princess? The moon that orbits it should remain Gabrielle too. Thats sweet.

10. aya Says:
    February 14th, 2006 at 11:23 am

    hello

    i am solving my science home wrk that is about the 10th planet so i hope they find a name for it and the scientist should call the plaet an interesting name because planets are not often found a lot and by the way xena is a fabulous name

11. yasmeen Says:
    February 14th, 2006 at 11:59 am

    hi i am with aya as you can see she is the one who wrote on the one before me and i tell the people why does it have to sound like xena or sedna… i hope you answer my question thank you