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original_reader, (edited ) do astronomy w Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?

What are we going to name it when it is found?

I trust we really don’t want “Planet Nine” (if we do, we should rename Earth to “Planet 3”), let alone “Planet X”. Any better ideas?

HubertManne,

pluto was called planet X until it was discovered

KISSmyOSFeddit,

Let’s call this one Planet Twitter, just to annoy Elon.

thebardingreen,
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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. He’s like that.

Daxtron2,

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.

lvxferre,

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,

Tellus would be a cool name for a planet, imo.

lvxferre,

It would, indeed. I wouldn’t mind if it was the scientific/“proper” name for Earth.

Murdoc,

I would; it’s too close to Telus (but pronounced the same), a terrible phone company where I live.

lvxferre,

How do you pronounce the company name? For reference, Latin “Tellus” would be /tɛllu:s/; the nearest English equivalent would be “TELL loos”, I guess.

Murdoc,

Tell-us, so more like it looks I guess.

collapse_already,

I think they should call it Nibiru to feed the conspiracy theories.

thebardingreen,
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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.

Ghyste, do astronomy w Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?

No.

JackGreenEarth,

Batterige, or whoever it is’s, law of headlines ig

deezbutts,

Godwin

Ghyste,

Betterige is correct.

KISSmyOSFeddit, (edited ) do astronomy w Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?

BAH GOD IT’S PLUTO WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
HE’S CLEARING HIS ORBIT!

Olap, do astronomy w Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?

Surely the absence of nine indicates our model of gravity is off. Combined with lack of Dark Matter, is Einstein wrong?

Iheartcheese, do astronomy w Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?
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Pluto 2 electric boogaloo

Zachariah,
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homesweethomeMrL, do astronomy w Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over?

Planet Nine from Outer Space

. . . I’ll show myself out

Zachariah,
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Meuzzin, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

They really expect us to believe this shit!? Those are definitely large alien spiders that are coming to the surface to mate and multiply as they prepare to attack Earth. I need to join up with United Citizen Federation, quick. I suggest you all do the same…

niktemadur, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

Scientists baffled! (cue image of guys wearing glasses and white labcoats, clipboard in hand, ready to take notes at the drop of a pin)

“Uncanny” - said an unnamed, top researcher at the institute.
“Eerie” - said another.

Voroxpete, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

“Ziggy played guitar…”

Etterra, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

That’s a confusing headline. Let’s make it better:

Mars Spiders Swarm Inca City!

hperrin, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

Oh boy. That’s a headline. A ridiculous, awful headline.

acockworkorange,

Definitely of the headlines of all time.

trolololol, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

I’m not even bothering opening the article, the rant is for the channel or whatever the room is called in Lemmy

It’s a good time to blacklist this news source.

FatLegTed, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos
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ITT people on this thread need to listen to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds?wprov=sfla1

Lyre, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos

I would love it if publications could just limit their headlines to one misleading term per story. The rocks are a ‘city’? Sure. The geysers looks like ‘spiders’? I guess. But when you start putting them together in the same headline it feels like your breaking the fourth wall or something

samus12345,
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At least they’re in quotes, I guess.

HubertManne,
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Yeah its hard to read as quote spiders unquote quote inca city unquote. New articles should not be doing this. geez at least put so called or something.

FatLegTed, do astronomy w Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos
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What are the chances of that?

huskypenguin,

It happens every spring, so chances are high.

FatLegTed,
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Not a million to one then?

southsamurai,
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If it’s a million to one, it’s bound to happen. That’s just common sense

Hobbes_Dent,

Duh. It wouldn’t be such a common saying if it wasn’t how to make it work.

samus12345,
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