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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0223_060223_pluto.html

So any ideas for "catchier names" as the article puts it?

Mickey?

There's also a butt load of other planets furthur out form Pluto. Read in "Nature Vetenskap". Just don't ask.

The real question is: can we build stuff on them? Or are they moons that are only big enough to build a small outhouse on?

Now Luna, Phobos and Deimos, THOSE are moons.

The KBOs?

Lethe and Styx?

Persephone and Demeter?

Or we could rename Charon, and go with Huey, Dewey and Louis.

Bill and Hilary.

There's also a butt load of other planets furthur out form Pluto. Read in "Nature Vetenskap". Just don't ask.

Aren't they debated about whether or not they are planets or Ort cloud objects

Now Luna, Phobos and Deimos, THOSE are moons.
Phobos and Deimos are actually smaller than Pluto's new-found friends ;)

Aren't they debated about whether or not they are planets or Ort cloud objects

A similar statement can be made about pluto. Fact of the matter is that the term "planet" is not really defined.

A similar statement can be made about pluto. Fact of the matter is that the term "planet" is not really defined.

- Roughly spherical object

- Over a specific size in volume

- Orbiting a sun

- Reasonably cosistant mass (not just a cloud of dust)

- Roughly spherical object

- Over a specific size in volume

- Orbiting a sun

- Reasonably cosistant mass (not just a cloud of dust)

The asteroid belt contains several objects that meet these qualifications just as well as pluto does ;)

Phobos and Deimos are actually smaller than Pluto's new-found friends ;)

Fair enough, I didn't read the article. But can we build things on them? Could they sustain life with various human enhancements, or would we just freeze to death.

I suggest "Anubis" and "Thanatos".

I say we name them Vodka and Absinth :D

I say we name them Jack and Daniels! :)

Chuck Norris and Vin Diesel. Fuck Mr.T.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0223_060223_pluto.html

So any ideas for "catchier names" as the article puts it?
Should be from Greek mythology... I vote for "Styx" (the river that must be crossed to enter the underworld) and "Zerberus" (the two-headed beast guarding the entry of the underworld).

Persephone
Already taken:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone_%28asteroid%29

Erebus and Styx

Erebus and Styx

Those would probably work the best.

I say we call them Flava Flav and Gary Coleman, to reflect their obscureness and irrelevency.

Chuck Norris and Vin Diesel. Fuck Mr.T.


Law and Order, after Chuck Norris's left and right legs respectively.

Law and Order, after Chuck Norris's left and right legs respectively.

Nah. They're more likely to be Norris's Testicles Themselves.

Chuck Norris and Vin Diesel. Fuck Mr.T.
Very fitting. Both these moons and Chuck Norris are things that nerds obsess over, are really irrelevant to life on Earth, and are of absolutely no interest to anyone who has ever dated anyone other then their right hand. Very clever.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0223_060223_pluto.html

So any ideas for "catchier names" as the article puts it?
Erebus (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/e/erebus.html) and Nyx (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nyx.html)

Gabe and Tycho. Go Penny-Arcade fanboyism - to the stars!

Gabe and Tycho. Go Penny-Arcade fanboyism - to the stars!
But Tycho already has craters on the Moon and Mars. Anything else would be greedy.

Myrth.

Very fitting. Both these moons and Chuck Norris are things that nerds obsess over, are really irrelevant to life on Earth, and are of absolutely no interest to anyone who has ever dated anyone other then their right hand. Very clever.
Fiddle and Bottoms then:p

Law And Order Sucks!!!!!!!!!

Ah, what the hell. Name them Laurel and Hardy. Add some humor to Astronomy. :D

Ah, what the hell. Name them Laurel and Hardy. Add some humor to Astronomy. :D
There are already asteroids called Laurel and Hardy.

http://copernicus.subdomain.de/2865_Laurel
http://copernicus.subdomain.de/2866_Hardy

Abbott and Costello
Lucy and Ethel
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber
Darwin and Newton
Kramer and Costanza
Uday and Qusay

There are already asteroids called Laurel and Hardy.

http://copernicus.subdomain.de/2865_Laurel
http://copernicus.subdomain.de/2866_Hardy
Hmm. I didn't realize there were astronomers with a sense of humor. :D

How about renaming Charon to "Curly?" Then we could name the two new moons "Larry" and "Mo!" :D

Or make the three "Crosby, Stills, and Nash!" That would make any additional new moon "Young." Kewl! :D

Or make the three "Crosby, Stills, and Nash!" That would make any additional new moon "Young." Kewl! :DI *LIKE* that suggestion.

What about Peter, Paul and Mary?

Oh, one more for people like me: Stevie and Lindsey. :D

Abbott and Costello
Lucy and Ethel
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber
Darwin and Newton
Kramer and Costanza
Uday and Qusay
Bush and Cheney?

Bill and Hillary?

Gore and Kerry? ( Nahh. That would make both moons "losers." ) :D

I *LIKE* that suggestion.

What about Peter, Paul and Mary?

Oh, one more for people like me: Stevie and Lindsey. :D
"Pluto expedition Commander here, come in Huston."

"Huston here, Commander."

"Uh ... yeah. We've crashed on Peter." :D

"The Peter Expediton!" LMAO!

Egg and Chips!

Abbott and Costello
Taken:

Asteroid 17023 Abbott
Asteroid 17024 Costello

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Taken:

Asteroid 9387 Tweedledee
Asteroid 17681 Tweedledum

Kramer
Taken:

Asteroid 5715 Kramer

Asteroid 17023 Abbott
Asteroid 17024 Costello
Everyone's got an Asteroid named after them, so those don't count.

Don't forget, we still don't have a name for the 10th planet and its moon. Of the names suggested for them so far, my favorites are Xena and Gabrielle.

Hmm. I didn't realize there were astronomers with a sense of humor. :D

Look up "M.A.C.H.O", "W.I.M.P" and "Officially, Bill Always Felt Guilty Kissing Monica Lewinsky Tenderly"

Look up "M.A.C.H.O", "W.I.M.P" and "Officially, Bill Always Felt Guilty Kissing Monica Lewinsky Tenderly"
I'm familiar with the MACHO and WIMP concepts, but the other one scares me! :eek:

Don't forget, we still don't have a name for the 10th planet and its moon. Of the names suggested for them so far, my favorites are Xena and Gabrielle.

We're still not sure its a planet. And I was under the impression it was given the name Senda.

I'm familiar with the MACHO and WIMP concepts, but the other one scares me! :eek:

Does "Oh be a fine girl, kiss me !" scare you less ;) ?

We're still not sure its a planet. And I was under the impression it was given the name Senda.
It's bigger than Pluto, and if Pluto is a planet then this one should be too. I think Senda was another KBO discovered a couple of years ago. The new one doesn't have an official name yet.

Does "Oh be a fine girl, kiss me !" scare you less ;) ?
I'm familiar with OBAFGKM, but what are L and T?

It's bigger than Pluto, and if Pluto is a planet then this one should be too. I think Senda was another KBO discovered a couple of years ago. The new one doesn't have an official name yet.


Yes, Sedna (named for an Inuit goddess) is a different object. Sedna is smaller than Pluto, the 10th planet (still designated 2003 UB313) is larger.

Castor and Pollux

I'm familiar with OBAFGKM, but what are L and T?

Two additional spectral types, discovered in 1999.

Two additional spectral types, discovered in 1999.
I was taught OBAFGKMRNS ('Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now Sweetie'). It seems three have disappeared.

Well Pluto is roman for the Greek Hades. And Charon was an acompanniement of Hades so maybe we should name it after two other of his accomplices.

Thanatos} Helper
Hypnos} Helper

Cerebrus} Three headed dog.

I'd go for Thanatos and Hypnos.

Well Pluto is roman for the Greek Hades. And Charon was an acompanniement of Hades so maybe we should name it after two other of his accomplices.

Thanatos} Helper
Hypnos} Helper

Cerebrus} Three headed dog.

I'd go for Thanatos and Hypnos.
Hey, that's odd...
We have a school assignment to make a new planet and it's moon (as well as it's star) and compare it to Earth, and we picked Morpheus for the planet and Thanatos for the moon.

Some article put me under the impression that there might even be an eleventh planet, beginning with a Q.

Two additional spectral types, discovered in 1999.
Oh, yeah, found it! :)
http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast162/Unit1/SpTypes/

Name them Fish and chips

Some article put me under the impression that there might even be an eleventh planet, beginning with a Q.
Quaoar. It's also smaller than Pluto, although pretty big. Astronomers are trying to decide if all of these new planet-like bodies should be planets because there could be potentially dozens or hundreds of them, many larger than Pluto. The dilemma is also whether Pluto should be a planet or not.

I suggest "Anubis" and "Thanatos".

Hmm, good choices.

I say we name them Vodka and Absinth

Even better!

Whats not catchy about S/2005 P1 and S/2005 P2?

Persephone and Tantalus

or

Nifelheim and Jotunheim

The tenth planet should be named Asgard.

A similar statement can be made about pluto. Fact of the matter is that the term "planet" is not really defined.

Maybe we should go back to the root of the word?

Origin: "asteres planetai"... 'wandering stars'... so called because of the way plants seemed to 'double back' on themselves through the course of full relative orbits.

Then it would be quite simple... if a body follows a 'planetary' path, it's a planet... if not, it isn't.