Name the 10th Planet

[thechemist]

Yes, exodus=exit in greek. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[thechemist]

Maybe it is because I dislike this particular TV character. Anyway, that's just my personal opinion. The official namers will do their job regardless <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[thechemist]

There is a minor planet named "Xenia", so maybe this is a partial conflict <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em>I feel better than James Brown.</em> </div>

 

[mattblack]

TARTARUS: As far from Earth as Earth is from heaven.<br /><br />CHRONOS: The Greek God of Time.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[merkavah]

nibirru

 

[jmilsom]

We have Pluto, Quaoar and Sedna. <br /><br />I guess it will be most similar to Quaoar, so in keeping with lots of vowels, how about Auoieaoae?<br /><br /><i>(And which is Sumerian planet X? Quaoar, Sedna or Auoieaoae?)</i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jhunter]

Personally, I'd like to name it Barsoom.. it's high time Edgar Rice Burroughs got his due. And as far as names being used on asteroids.. why not change the name of the asteroid to Barsoom B? If it's been used, that is...

 

[viper101]

"Another Kuiper rock is not the Planet X."<br /><br />Agreed.<br /><br />But yeah, let's call it Sagan. I like that.

 

[alokmohan]

No taker for indian mythology?

 

[mikeemmert]

Personally I like Xena _precisely because_ she is not a deity. She is the only daughter of a tavernkeeper (she had two brothers).<br /><br />Why do we have to keep paying homage to gods that don't exist?

 

[tempel1]

Dear friends <br />Go here please:<br />http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-release-details.cfm?newsID=117 <br />” The spacecraft's VELOCITY RELATIVE TO THE SUN is at about 26 kilometers per second (about 59,250 miles per hour). Cassini is now more than 9 million kilometers (almost 6 million miles) from Earth”. <br /><br />Since our probe is launched from the earth, it has already a velocity of 65,000 miles per hour (earth's velocity). <br /><br />Why have NASA engineers steered Cassini on this trajectory? <br /> http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=h_cassini_trajectory_02.gif&cap=The <br /><br />Instead of increasing Cassini's velocity they have slowed down it at 59,250 miles per hour. <br /><br />NASA engineers think the earth is the center of our solar system and don't consider earth's velocity. <br /><br />In this wrong way Cassini has travelled for 2 200 000 000 miles to meet Saturn. <br /><br />Cassini would have been able to fly along a straight line travelling for less than 1 000 000 000 miles. <br /><br />65,000 miles per hour (earth velocity) + 36,000 miles per hour (spacecraft's velocity) = 101,000 miles per hour <br /><br />1 000 000 000 miles : 365 days : 24 hours : 101,000 miles per hour = 1.13 years <br /><br />If NASA engineers considered the earth's velocity, Cassini could meet Saturn in one year! <br />

 

[lunatio_gordin]

"Quaoar, the world of Rampaging Vowels" would lose it's title then! But if they do name it Auoieaoae, then i foresee it showing up in crossword puzzles for the next twenty years <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" />

 

[nacnud]

I like Narad, seems to fit. That or Rupert <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[yevaud]

"Ankh-Morpork."<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <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>

 

[nacnud]

Surely is needs to be a god? So Blind Io, Offa, Om or the Oh God (god of hangovers) would work <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> (Oh God is my pick)

 

[yevaud]

How about, "Snafu?"<br /><br />(for those of you who don't know the acronym, it's military for "Situation Normal - All F'ed Up."). <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>

 

[abnormaldann]

Not to burst your bubble but snafu isn't just military :-D<br /><br />Snafu:<br /><br />Noun<br />Inflected forms: pl.sna·fus A chaotic or confused situation.<br />Adjective<br />In a state of confusion or chaos.

 

[yevaud]

Not to burst your's in exchange, but it is a military (slang) term that goes back to WWI, and has now been "stolen" by popular culture. <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>

 

[telfrow]

It's not just miltary now, but it is believed to have originated as acronym during WWII. <br /><br />Edit: <i>Sorry Yevaud...didn't see your post. </i> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Nope, WWI. It's actually recorded as being used as slang between troops in the AEF in France, circa 1917.<br /><br />Ditto same era with "FUBAR," except it was originated in the Navy. <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>

 

[lunatio_gordin]

I can't remember what that stands for...

 

[telfrow]

Thanks for the info. I'll have to look into that.<br /><br />I knew it had been used in WWII, and had read a number of theories that's where it originated. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <strong><font color="#3366ff">Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yeild.</font> - <font color="#3366ff"><em>Tennyson</em></font></strong> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Telfrow: if you read, say, SLA Marshalls history of WWI, it's repeated several times in commentary by average troops.<br /><br />Lunatio: F'd Up Beyond All Recognition.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <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>