New Planet!!!

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:21 pm

Beat Rkolter to it!

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/sol ... 72905.html

This. Is. Cool.

CW

Levi-chan · Post by **Levi-chan** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:26 pm

I wonder what it's gonna be called. Planet X-treme?!

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:28 pm

Levi-chan wrote:I wonder what it's gonna be called. Planet X-treme?!

2003 UB313

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:30 pm

Vucan... watch it be Vulcan!

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:32 pm

Persephone.

Or Rupert.

Ian Moulding · Post by **Ian Moulding** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:33 pm

Hands off. It's mine.

And I shall name it... Yuggoth.

Levi-chan · Post by **Levi-chan** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:33 pm

Planet Bob!

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:34 pm

There was already a "planet" called Vulcan back around 1860.

Calling a new planet that would be horribly uncreative.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:35 pm

No, it would be "retro".

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:49 pm

I actually watched a thing once where they hypothesized a tenth planet, and the name the scientist who were looking for it wanted to give it was Vulcan.

But its just gonna be another Roman god name.

what abooouuutt.... Crap I don't know any Roman names, I only know the Greek.

Plothole · Post by **Plothole** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:51 pm

Another forum: Xena

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:52 pm

There's some arguement about whether or not the new object and Pluto should qualify as planets.

But I gather some of the discoverers are pushing for the name "Xena". Seriously.

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:55 pm

Is Xena an actual Greek name/mythological figure? I just know of the TV show, and all I know of the TV show is that Bruce Campbell played the King of Thieves.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:56 pm

Some roman gods: Juno, Vulcan, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Maia, Proserpine, Vesta, Cupid...

Though I really can't see anyone naming a planet Diana or Cupid.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:58 pm

I only studied the Greek Mythology. Roman Mythology is stupid because they just stole it from the greeks and renamed them.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:09 pm

This reminds me of a sci-fi short story I read in 5th grade. A family of astronauts discover a tenth planet, and let the youngest daughter name it. The stupid bitch names it "Shine", thus ruining the Roman God tradition.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:17 pm

Zombie: What a silly story! Everyone knows scientists have no time for families and can't breed anyway!

Yeah, the problem with the tenth planet thing now is that they're saying there are already thousands of giant rocks found to be spinning around out there with Pluto that are practically the same size as it, this is just the first one that's actually bigger. Which is why they want to de-planetize Pluto lest we end up with thousands of similar planets or make Pluto the smallest definition of a planet or something.

Totally screwed my concept of the solar system, THANKS A LOT SCIENCE.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:26 pm

50 years from now:
"When I was your age we didn't have a XENA Planet, nooo. we had a crappy PLUTO! PLUTO! We didn't have cool names like Xena. Pluto was a big ice rock! I know you've never heard of it because Scientist forgot about it once its orbit sent it flying way the heck on the other side of the solar system!"

"Grandpa, your silly!"

"We were also cool when I was your age! Not punk B*tches like you faggots are!"

"Oh grandpa..."

"Now where's my good classic CD." *puts in some Heavy Matal* "Ohh yeah... that's good music! not the sh*t you bastard play now days!"

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:34 pm

Damn future generations...no respect...

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:37 pm

Jim North wrote:Persephone.

Or Rupert.

They get my vote!