Best name for newly discovered 10th planet

[baby_mouse]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7763

[Tallison]

1. How about Ork? nt

[baby_mouse]

2. Yeah, I was thinking LOTR. Lotta potential there. nt

[ps1074]

3. speaking of LOTR I will go with

Grima :)

[baby_mouse]

5. Cos it's so dark and out there?

Why not go all the way and plump for Sauron? :-) too obvious, I guess...

Grima's good...

I like the idea of Gorgoroth as well.

Maybe we're being pessimistic, maybe it's a really NICE planet.

[ps1074]

7. No... it just fits perfect for a newly discovered planet

Grima, Grima, Grima - sounds perfect to me. Planet Grima...

Hey, won't it be nice if we can send Chimpy there?

[baby_mouse]

8. Would you wish him on an entirely innocent planet?

He might fuck that one up as well.

[ps1074]

13. Look

It's probably a dark and cold place. Freezing cold.

When we send Chimpy over there it will give a new meaning to the phrase 'when hell freezes over' :rofl:

[baby_mouse]

15. +++ points to this plan

:-)

[Blue Gardener]

68. 400 degrees below zero

I believe that's the estimate I heard.

[Tallison]

9. Funny, I was thinking of the planet Mork's from! n/t

[ET Awful]

22. I think the reference was to the planet Ork as in "Mork from"

:)

[enigmatic]

4. Arthur.

:)

[baby_mouse]

6. Fred.

:D

[Tallison]

10. Brad

[baby_mouse]

16. Asshole!

[Tallison]

44. That low-down lyin' sonofabitch

[soupkitchen]

11. Bush World

It's way,way out there

[baby_mouse]

14. Naw, that's THIS planet nt

only joking. Not true yet, at any rate

[baby_mouse]

12. JANUS, actually

I should have included that in the original poll.

All planets in our solar system (apart from Earth) are named after Roman Gods. Janus is the god of doors and edges of things and cusps. He's also pretty much the only one left we haven't used...

[jmm]

17. What about Bacchus?

My g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g grand children could have some great times partying there once earth turns it into a tourist trap :D.

[arcos]

18. There are lots of other Roman gods...

Ceres, Pallas, Minerva and Juno are already taken... asteroids bear their names.

So, I vote for Janus or Proserpine!


Apollo - God of the sun
Bacchus - God of wine
Ceres - Goddess of the earth
Cupid - God of love
Diana - Goddess of the moon and hunting
Fortuna - Goddess of luck
Janus - God of doors
Juno - Queen of the gods
Jupiter - King of the gods
Maia - Goddess of growth
Mars - God of war (originally agriculture)
Mercury - Messenger of the gods
Minerva - Goddess of wisdom
Neptune - God of the sea
Pluto - King of the underworld
Proserpine - Queen of the underworld
Quirinus - God of defense & the state
Saturn - God of time
Venus - Goddess of love
Vesta - Goddess of hearth
Vulcan - God of smithing
Uranus - God of the heavens

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Mythology

[baby_mouse]

23. I'd have gone for Proserpine

Were it not that we already have an "underworld" planet. It certainly sounds more interesting than Janus...

Is Mithras a Roman God?

[Bossy Monkey]

34. Mithras, while popular throughout the Roman Empire, had roots in Persia

Not part of the Roman pantheon, but a whole different thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras

[Boo Boo]

19. Claire /nt

[dhinojosa]

47. Nice

haha

[Boo Boo]

52. Planet Claire

has pink air
All the trees are red
No one ever dies there
No one has a head

:woohoo: <--- Has no body

[bridgit]

20. geidi prime...

[baby_mouse]

27. Pic of coolness!

From a version? which?

[bridgit]

51. sup, baby_mouse, it's over here friend...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Ordos

[WCGreen]

21. MyAnus Not UrAnus, Mine....

[Deja Q]

32. Not "Urectum"?

:rofl:

[WCGreen]

42. Urentem maybe

[Heidi]

24. Primate1. (nt)

[ghostsofgiants]

25. Hahaha, this makes up for the hair thing

:P

[Heidi]

26. K, then we're even.

But I still love your hair. :P

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Haha, thank you

As long as you recognize that I'm more than just the hair; I am a planet as well.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

29. Vulcan

I heard somewhare that Vulcan is supposed to be Virgo's true planet. :shrug: Since there aren't enough to go around, Virgo has to share Mercury with someone else. I'm a Virgo - I demand my own planet !!

[El Fuego]

30. Steve

[Deja Q]

31. Mondas

:rofl:

[xultar]

33. Xultar

[Bossy Monkey]

35. Rupert, in honor of Douglas Adams nt

[Hugin]

37. I like the suggestion.

:)

[Hugin]

36. Groucho...

I mean, isn't it obvious.

[Cannikin]

38. Alberto VO5

[Hugin]

41. LOL! I like... Very original.

We could name the next one "Pert".

[NuttyFluffers]

78. i second. wacky enough to be immortalized. n/t

[wallwriter]

39. Goofy

(comes right after Pluto...)

[Jack Rabbit]

40. ExxonMobil

As long as Mr. Raymond pays the appropriate sponsorship fees.

[UrbScotty]

43. There's not much named after Reagan (except my toilet)

Hmmm?

[sakabatou]

45. Keioss?

[Democracy White]

46. Xenu...

I wonder if that will get the Scientologists all worked up?


dee

[Parrcrow]

48. Hollywood n/t

[khashka]

49. Dionysus or Aphrodite

Either booze or sex.... just think of the astrological implications :)

Khash.

[Parche]

50. planet

ZANTI

[Chicago Democrat]

53. Docken!

Its the PLANET OF ROCK!

[bridgit]

54. Other (elaborate in comments) = VO5

http://www.vo5.com/vhome.cfm

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

55. Since Steve Guttenberg is now passe

I won't say Steve Guttenberg.

[Spider Jerusalem]

56. Vhiessu. Sought by many, found by few.

(Thomas Pynchon reference.)

[Trillo]

57. Admetos, Kronos, or Vulcanos.

I doubt if it will be Hades, but that's an outside possiblity.

[Ruffhowse]

58. I vote ChumbaWumba!!

[TroubleMan]

59. Planet B.F.E.

that's pretty much where it is

[Hardrada]

60. Hairball

or Muffy

[Anarcho-Socialist]

61. Rotund Spherical Circular Round Ball

[name not needed]

62. Omicron Persei 8

[wuushew]

63. Mondas

the original tenth planet

[norml]

64. The Planet Jesus

Why should only Greco-Roman Gods get planets named after themselves?

The probe is approaching Jesus!

[omega minimo]

67. with several as yet undiscovered

Mary Magdelmoons

[warrior1]

65. Seven

[omega minimo]

66. Kleptune

in honor of Bushiburton's legacy


oh yeah-- and the new planet is FLAT, dammit! :scared:

[greyl]

69. Morpheus - the Greek god of sleep nt

[leftofthedial]

70. what little is left of democracy

[norml]

71. Sell naming rights to corporate sponsorship (Planet WalMart)

If a company can't keep up with paying for it's naming rights, the name changes.

[omega minimo]

72. ArcherDanielsMidplanet

[Lilyhoney]

73. PlanetCo.

[Warren DeMontague]

74. Hendrix

C'mon, give him something.

[entanglement]

75. Send Chimpy & Rove to live there and call it Planet of the Apes

:P

[hyphenate]

76. Enterprise ;-) eom

[BlueIris]

77. Oblivion

Where it might as well be located, and where we're all headed.