The dwarf planet "Eris" was originally nicknamed "Xena".
So, Xena was the name of something that was thought to be a new planet, but is now classified as only a dwarf planet, like Pluto.
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No, Xena is not a planet. Xena was the temporary nickname given to a distant Solar System object, now officially named Eris. Eris is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, beyond Neptune.
Planet Xena, also known as Eris, takes about 557 Earth years to complete one orbit around the sun.
Ceres is not a planet in our solar system but rather a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, while Xena, also known as Eris, is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. Therefore, in terms of distance from the sun, Ceres is closer as it is in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, while Xena (Eris) is further away in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune.
An example of a dwarf planet is Pluto. It orbits the Sun in the Kuiper Belt and was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
There is some misconception in the question as it says that pluto blasted but it has not it is still there. And for the new planets which are not really declared planets but are dwarfs are Xena and Ceres.
No, Xena and Gabrielle are not dwarf planets. Xena, also known as Eris, is a trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, while Gabrielle is a nickname for a hypothetical moon of Eris. Neither has been officially classified as a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union.