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[Abbot Mythos]

This article caught my attention because is mentions one of the lesser celebrated escapades of Our Lady of Discord.

A hidden planet on the edge of our Solar System? Here's why scientists are closer than ever to finding it

"There could be a hidden 'planet 9' – or planet X – orbiting the Sun"

Yeah, yeah, that Planet 9 and Planet X stuff is interesting, but what really caught my attention was the following:

As per this article:

"The discovery of substantial Eris was the beginning of the end for Pluto.

It was now unavoidable: Pluto didn't appear to be the most massive object in that region of space, and certainly didn't appear to be special.

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the authority on the definitions, characteristics and naming of bodies in the Solar System, issued their ruling.

It decreed that Pluto was not a planet but a dwarf planet, just one of many such objects in that distant patch of space (a zone known as the Kuiper Belt)."

So, to start with, Pluto/Hades never made to cut and became one of the Twelve Olympian gods and goddesses. Then, after he finally gained some worldwide recognition in 1930 by having a planet named after him, Minor Planet Eris was discovered in 2005, named in 2006, and that led to Pluto/Hades' "planet" being demoted to "minor planet status." So, Pluto/Hades' big claim to worldwide fame didn't even last a century. That has to be pretty humiliating for an immortal god. But, it really does sound like something Our Lady of Discord would orchestrate, just for the hell of it, of course.

Hail Eris!

All Hail Discordia!