With the announcement of a rocky celestial object larger than Pluto found in distant orbit around our sun (which preliminarily qualifies it as a planet), one of the first questions on everyone's minds should be: What do we name it? The 'planet' has unofficially been christened Xena (after the heroine of the syndicated TV series of the same name) by the astronomers who discovered it, and other names suggested on this board so far include Minerva, Roman goddess of knowledge, (which unfortunately has already been used for another body), and Aesclepius, Roman god of medicine. I personally, and quite strongly, think that this body should be called Rupert in honour of the late Arthur Douglas, which would not be unprecedented, considering that Pluto was named partially in tribute to Percival Lowell. The nomenclature for planets and planetoids in astronomy seems to be based on the names of Roman deities, but the traditional nomenclature systems for most other sciences has been expanding beyond Greek/Latin/Roman etymology in the past few decades (with such whimsical particle names as quarks and glueballs in quantum mechanics, not to mention the far-out scene in naming new biological species discovered in the last 50 years). I suggest that astronomy join the party and start having a little fun.
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what if we just named it planet x seeing as it is the 10th planet after all and it would be easy for people to remember
In keeping with the Roman/Greek mythology naming convention of Solar System objects, how about the name Cerberus, the three-headed hound of Hades (Pluto), which is a fitting number in this case because this newly discovered planet is 3 times further away from the Sun than Pluto is. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>
well i think the planet should be named planet x or something close to it i really do not have that much ideas but i think the planet for me should be called planet hope because alot of us need hope in our lifes and every time we need hope we just think about the tenths planet which i think should be called planet hope it is a great discovery but we need futher studies of the planet to determined if it is a planet??? <br />we need more information of this planet??
Now, <i>there's</i> a profound and provacative answer! <br /><br />That's one hell of a first post, Joel!
Well, if they name the planet Cerberus, then it's moon needs to be named Fluffy, though I'm holding out for Bob.
Xena is a good name for the 10th planet. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>
http://www.unrv.com/culture/minor-roman-god-list.php<br /><br />I agree with continuing to name planets after characters from mythology. Thats as good of a list as I could find recently.<br /><br />Some possibilities...<br /><br />Lima Goddess of thresholds. <br />Mania Goddess of the dead.<br />Mors God of death.<br />Morta Goddess of death and one of the three Parcae.<br />Muta Goddess of silence.<br />Porus God of plenty.<br />Trivia Goddess of the crossroads.<br />
Janus, Guardian of Exits and Entrances. He was also believed to the God of Beginnings as one must pass through a door or gate to enter a new place. <br /><br />Damnit... that's a moon of Saturn.<br /><br />Hmmm... along the same line of thinking as Janus, how about the Greek Goddess Hymen?<br /><br />Or Terminus, the God of Boundaries.
Now I'm with you. We could keep to Greek myth, but then there's Orcus, the punisher of broken oaths, a name the Romans used to identify the Gaulish god of the underworld.
My very subjective opinion :<br />Since all the other planets have the names of powerful gods (greco-roman), and provided it is accepted as the 10th planet, it should have a name of equal importance, meaning a semi-god/goddess is just not enough.<br />Since there is a lack of female-named planets, I think we owe it to provide a female godess name.<br />I suggest Artemis, the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility. (The roman name, Diana, might be associated with lady-D, and that's something you don't want to happen to your planet <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> ) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>
Artemas would be a fine and fitting name for this planet. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>
Another Kuiper rock is not the Planet X. Neither Pluto, Charon, Sedna, Quaoar or all the thousands of rocks there are.<br /><br />Planet X is an appropriate name of several reasons. The planet is not identified, the name is roman as for the other planets, and it means 10.<br /><br />Consider this; our neighbouring star system has a red dwarf star in its ‘Oort cloud’. Our outher planet Neptune is a gas giant. We should rather continue to search for X than to stop every time a tiny moon appears.<br />
Hi everyone!!! this is my first post on here.<br /><br />Well if poor little "Sedna" discovered last year is anything to go by, i'm not holding my breath about this being classed as a planet for very much longer!!<br /><br />If it stays at "planet status" i think it should be called Chimaera. Explanation follows:<br /><br />"Pegasus, the winged horse, flew out of the head of Medusa when Perseus slew her. It was fathered by Poseidon, some time earlier, and waited for the Gorgon's death to appear. (Medusa's story is told under the constellation "Cepheus".)<br /><br />Athene gave Pegasus to Bellerophon (a grandson of Sisyphus), who used the winged creature in his fight against the Chimaera - a monstrous female with three heads.<br /><br />Bellerophon shot arrows at the beast as he flew above her on Pegasus, then he stuck between her jaws a huge lump of lead. The monster's own breath melted the lead, which then flowed down her throat and burned her to death. "<br /><br />Just because it sounds cool!<br /><br />Failing that, how about something like "Dave" or "Trevor"?<br /><br />lol
"Duck, the world's supply of Aluminium Phosdex-25 (the shaving cream atom) is dangerously low. The only known supplies are on Planet-X. Will you do it?"<br /><br />"I'll do it." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis: </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>
I like Cerberus, but I had to chose I would name it planet Gavin 
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<div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><span style="font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">gavinovz</span></p><p> </p> </div>The discoverer chooses, then submits the choice to the International Astronomical Union. They get final say. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis: </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>
The reason for the search of Planet X was to explain some irregularities in orbit to Uranus and Neptune. The assumption was that there had to be some great concentration of gravity outside its orbit. Pluto was most certainly not the reason and thereby not the Planet X. <br /><br />If you want to see most of the speculation of a Planet X, this is the site http://xfacts.com/x.htm <br /><br />I think the Sumerians called it Nibiru 6000 years ago. Google on that.<br />
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