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What's Your Favorite Planet? -- Astronomy Geek-Squee

PBS, wearing its NOVA hat, is doing a vote for favorite planet. The occasion is that we're coming up on March 13, Pluto Planet Day and PBS is running another special about Pluto's demotion -- fitting, since the host of NOVA Science Now is the guy who first brought the

Apparently, four other dwarf planets that have also been added: Ceres (bumped up from asteroid status), Haumea (named for the Hawaiian goddess of fertility and childbirth), Makemake (Most. Awesome. Name. Ever. -- it comes from the mythology of Easter Island), and Eris (Named for theGreek personification of strife and discord).