I think they should call it Nibiru to feed the conspiracy theories.
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original_reader@lemm.ee 3 months ago
What are we going to name it when it is found?
collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 months ago
I had a roomate ten years ago who seriously believed in all that crap. Lizard people from the edge of the solar system here to claim our gold.
HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 months ago
pluto was called planet X until it was discovered
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Let’s call this one Planet Twitter, just to annoy Elon.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 months ago
With two exceptions*, the names are from Roman mythology. So I’d expect the new planet to get a definitive name from the same template. (Please be Janus. It’s the gate of the solar system!)
*Uranus is from Greek mythology, with no good Latin equivalent. Terra is trickier; you could argue that it fits the template for Latin and the Romance languages, but most others simply use local words for soil, without a connection to the goddess. That is also called Tellus to add confusion.
YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Tellus would be a cool name for a planet, imo.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 months ago
It would, indeed. I wouldn’t mind if it was the scientific/“proper” name for Earth.
Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I would; it’s too close to Telus (but pronounced the same), a terrible phone company where I live.
Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 months ago
It will likely be a Greek or Roman name in keeping with tradition. The IAU generally let’s the person/group that discovers have an influence in the decision but they’re the final say on the name.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 months ago
If Mike Brown finds it, he’ll jump all over naming it, and I’m sure that’s part of his motivation for hunting it so doggedly. Super nice guy, but he’s a glory hound like that.