A new planet!

My dad was reading in the paper today that a new 10th planet was discovered in orbit around the sun. So far, all we know is it's larger than Pluto. Pretty cool!

I read about this on BBC news.I'm wondering what they will name it.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4730061.stm


http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/30/new.planet/index.html

Well so far the planets tend to be named after Roman Gods so maybe something like Neptune or Apollo, though Apollo might not be such a good idea because he was the sun god.

They could go with Vulcan (hehe) but again, god of fire and no doubt this new planet will be mighty cold.

And Neptune is already a planet.

Adonis!

You can laugh, but i read somewhere that there really was a planet about a lot of years ago... (20000) that called vulcan, but it was taken by the sun... Could it be this planet?

Hehehe I thought it sounded familiar! That's what you get for typing faster than your brain's working!

Oh well, I suppose we could go with a godess as we only have Venus so far. Juno? Ceres? Diana?

Or we could try a different bunch of Gods, personally I quite like the names Loki or Hades.

In the HHGTTG they find a new planet and name it Robert. However, the world blows up about a week after they find it, so, look out...

If it's a pretty planet, name it Aphrodite; otherwise, it should be called Melvin Spicowitz.

Lew Zealand: I know! We could name it after my fabulous singing fieesh!
Kermit: No, no thank you.
Lew: Oh..ok, Murry, here boy...

Me: Oh, my mistake, it was Rupert, not Robet in HHGTTG.
Marvin: Well, I tried to tell you, but does anyoen listen to a poor menial robot? *sigh* No....and me with a brain the size of a...
Trillian: Excuse me Marvin.
Marvin: What now? Some task you would like me for? I could pick up tha tpiece of paper if you like.
Matress: *Floolop*
Zaphod: Hey, hoopy frood, boy did thsi conversation get of topic.

I read yesterday morning that the people who discovered it unoffically named it Xena, after the show Xena Warrior Princess with Lucy Lawless.

ryan

That's sad. Xena? Heehee.

I remember reading in some astrology book I have that the next two planets are supposed to be Apollo or Vulcan (as someone else mentioned), then each star sign will each have it's own ruling planet(plus the moon and sun). So wouldn't that just be crazy if there is one more after this guy? Maybe those psychics/astrologers aren't so phony after all.

They should name it Kermit

Well, I was about to say Elmo.

"Omg mom! Look at elmo!"

"Elmo is larger than Uranus."

Nice....

They should name it Hephaestus, because I want to be cruel to the poor children who have to memorize the planets (and their spelling.) *ebil smiley* Except that wouldn't work with the Roman god pattern.

Ooh, or Bacchus.

Hahaha.. I never knew if it was, your-anus or your-in-is. Teachers always changed it on me.

We always called in your-anus, then they switched it to your-in-is (which I didn't think sounded much more polite) when I was in about tenth grade, then in mythology class, we used the spelling Ouranos. I liked that... but that was for the god, not the planet.

Well, strictly speaking Bacchus originated from the Greeks, though the Romans adopted him (I wonder why...)

If you want to mean about spelling how about the minor god Aeternitas (pronounced Eternitas)?

The Romans adopted all the gods and made them their own. I guess it made them feel special.

I am not as smart as all you guys. i dont know about any of this stuff.