10th Planet in Solar System Discovered!

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:24 pm

It sounds very military.

Krystian · Post by **Krystian** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:26 pm

well because most other people would forget it lol...

ik911 · Post by **ik911** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:51 pm

Oh, they're gonna have to call it Minerva. Obviously.

Grimar · Post by **Grimar** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:54 pm

agree there! it's her birthday, so she deserves it

another thing is that, seriusly spoken, minerva isnt a bad name for a planet

Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:57 pm

[QUOTE=ik911]They did observe them to predict future events or explain earthly happenings and astronomy was quite important, but worshipping; not that I've heard of.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure they used to believe the four visible planets were Mars, Jupiter etc. (so they were easy to name for astronomers, the rest followed on based on planetary traits).

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:33 pm

[QUOTE=Denethorn]Isn't it also to do with the the fact that the Greeks and Romans worshipped the stars and objects of the sky?[/QUOTE]

No. The religions of the Greeks and Romans included worship of many gods, but they weren't far away like planets. They lived (so the tales had it) on local, inaccessible mountains, and could be entreated to come down--either taking as the appearance of mortals, usually, or the spirit, as various oracles.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:28 pm

And also, the Greek God Mars, God of War, is the same as the Roman God Aries. I highly doubt we'll be calling the next planet--if it is in fact a planet--Aries.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:31 pm

[QUOTE=Chimaera182]And also, the Greek God Mars, God of War, is the same as the Roman God Aries.[/QUOTE]

Ares was the Greek god. Mars was the Roman god. Aries is the first of twelve signs in astrology.

There are still quite a few god names they could grab, but which ones would be flattered by association with a rock so distant that the sun appears on it only as a small star?

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:40 pm

fable wrote: There are still quite a few god names they could grab, but which ones would be flattered by association with a rock so distant that the sun appears on it only as a small star?

Maybe Morganna

I'd like it to be an out of the usual name. I mean, out of the greek/roman pantheon in the very least. Something related to Pagan worship would be my choice, biased of course, but it'll be cool to call the planet Rama, Tupã or some other non R/G name.

Edit:

Brown, Trujillo and Rabinowitz first photographed the new planet with the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope on October 31, 2003. However, the object was so far away that its motion was not detected until they reanalyzed the data in January of this year. In the last seven months, the scientists have been studying the planet to better estimate its size and its motions.

"It's definitely bigger than Pluto," said Brown, who is a professor of planetary astronomy.

Scientists can infer the size of a solar system object by its brightness, just as one can infer the size of a faraway light bulb if one knows its wattage. The reflectance of the planet is not yet known. Scientists can not yet tell how much light from the sun is reflected away, but the amount of light the planet reflects puts a lower limit on its size.

The bold is mine.

Anyway, this is from NASA site. Link: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/sol ... 72905.html

So guys, its not another piece of rock lost in space, its bigger than Pluto and that is A something, aye?

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:55 pm

[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]So guys, its not another piece of rock lost in space, its bigger than Pluto and that is A something, aye?[/QUOTE]

Nah. If it's that far away from the sun, no matter how large the thing is, it's still no more cheery than a basement apartment without heat. A large rock, but a rock it still is.

You think they'll go for Diana?

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:08 pm

I wont bet a beer on it, but it'll be Greek/Roman, and it'll become (for a while) the most famous planet in the Solar sistem. Diana is nice, but I'd like to see it as Morganna (yeah, yeah, I know) because I see her as a queen of the dark

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:12 pm

I don't know, Diana sounds nice. There are a couple other names that I remember liking, but I can't remember now.

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:31 pm

[QUOTE=Luis Antonio]I wont bet a beer on it, but it'll be Greek/Roman, and it'll become (for a while) the most famous planet in the Solar sistem. Diana is nice, but I'd like to see it as Morganna (yeah, yeah, I know) because I see her as a queen of the dark

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Well, yes, but isn't she Celtic? The goddess of self-knowledge, battle and death?

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:37 pm

There's a Roman Diana too, aye? Let me see... Fertility goddess?

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:52 pm

Mainly the Chaste Huntress, but there was also a cult fertility figure that was worshipped. Leland's Aradia, the first "modern" account of traditional pagan worship was based on a study of Diana-worshipping Strega in rural Italy.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:14 pm

[QUOTE=fable]Ares was the Greek god. Mars was the Roman god. Aries is the first of twelve signs in astrology.

There are still quite a few god names they could grab, but which ones would be flattered by association with a rock so distant that the sun appears on it only as a small star?[/QUOTE]
Oops. Always did forget which was which.

You know, since we're dealing with Greek names, I have the perfect name for the next planet: Chimaera. We're talking raw a raw beast of a planet so far from the sun, so frigid, it's a monster.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:38 am

What about... Artemis?
Another goddess of the hunt, I believe.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:00 am

Artemis is the Greek god, but Diana is the Roman one. Since all the other planets use the Roman names, chances are astronomers will go Roman.

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:13 am

Cold, distant and causes a lot of discussion. Hmmm. Discordia (Eris in Greek myth) anyone?

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:21 am

hmmm, unnessecary, insignificant, how about calling it man?