Name the New Planet

[Ian David]

Poll question: Name the New Planet

"10th Planet" Discovered
7.29.2005

Astronomers have found a new planet in the outer reaches of the solar system.

July 29, 2005: "It's definitely bigger than Pluto." So says Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology who announced today the discovery of a new planet in the outer solar system.

The planet, which hasn't been officially named yet, was found by Brown and colleagues using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory near San Diego. It is currently about 97 times farther from the sun than Earth, or 97 Astronomical Units (AU). For comparison, Pluto is 40 AU from the sun.

More:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/29jul_planetx.htm

Palace

[Imagine My Surprise]

1. Herb

[Placebo]

2. Ya know, I'm gone for a day and I come back...

and there's new f'n Planets!

This kicks ass.

[Lexingtonian]

3. Evalongoria

Impossible to reach, vaguely enigmatic, unbelievably hot and extremely cold at the same time. And worth any trip, if you can make it :-)

[beam me up scottie]

4. Planet Sagan . n/t

[greyl]

22. Sagan would be cool.

The IAU has already named an asteroid and a Martian crater after him - why not go all the way? :)

[Tikki]

5. Thelma Lou and then they could call it....

Thelooby-doo......in honor of the best dog.. I ever had the chance to become acquainted with...


Tikki

[GeneralEclectic]

6. Perfect name...

planet BUSH. And to christen it, let's pack the whole lot of them on top a Saturn 5 and ship them off there to become its first inhabitants, you know.. like Pilgrims. They can set up a born-again Puritan culture! I wonder how long it will take them to start an unjustifiable war with the indigenous dunes and rocks. Oh wait. Nevermind. There won't be anyone else there to send off to fight, so they probably won't.

[norml]

7. Call it Xenu

to annoy the Scientologists

[Rick Myers]

8. Klandathu

or Bob!

[Salviati]

9. I'm in favor of Bob!

but only with the exclaimation point as well...

[kedrys]

11. Planet Bob!, definitely

:P

[On the Road]

24. Another Vote for "Bob!"

exclamation point included.

[Politically_Wrong]

10. Krypton

They should name it Krypton, that way people don't egg me anymore when I say there really is a planet Krypton...

[wli]

12. Xena because my significant other loves that show

I bought the entire series on DVD for her.

[IDemo]

13. Remulak, home planet of the Coneheads

Just dated myself a bit with that one,,

[Pepperbelly]

14. Snowball ...

Or Emanuel Goldstein.

:D

[Dover]

15. Niburu

Because it lies mysteriously on the fringes as does the 'theory' of Niburu. (Not an endorsement...just what came up when I googled 10th Planet).

[Desertrose]

16. Sure ....Niburu...why not?

It'll be the 10th planet after all.

[Emperor_Norton_II]

17. Mondas, no question about it.

Has to be Mondas...

[bemildred]

18. Sauron? nt

[arwalden]

19. Loretta

[norml]

20. The Planet Jesus

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

The probe is approaching Jesus!

[greyl]

21. Morpheus - the Greek god of sleep

I mean if an agreement is finally reached on the definition of "planet", anyway. :)

[DemExpat]

23. I like this one too.

:thumbsup:

DemEx

[beam me up scottie]

25. Yes, Morpheus would be an excellent name.

From Encyclopedia Mythica:

The Greek god of dreams. He lies on a ebony bed in a dim-lit cave, surrounded by poppy. He appears to humans in their dreams in the shape of a man. He is responsible for shaping dreams, or giving shape to the beings which inhabit dreams. Morpheus, known from Ovid's Metamorphoses, plays no part in Greek mythology. His name means "he who forms, or molds" (from the Greek morphe), and is mentioned as the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep. 'Morphine' is derived from his name.

http://www.pantheon.org/

Psyche and Morpheus

http://kybele.psych.cornell.edu/~edelman/Psych-231/week2.html

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

26. THAT WAS STAR TREK VI YOU PHILISTINE!

:)