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Now only if they name the ninth planet starting with a 'P', my childhood mnemonic "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" would finally be complete
by jharohit 11y ago
Now only if they name the ninth planet starting with a 'P', my childhood mnemonic "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" would finally be complete again! :D My suggestion is 'Prometheus' - sounds tragic and bad ass at the same time!
- dr_zoidberg 11y agoWell that would be consistent with the roman/greek names for planets and large moons. Now we have to find a stronger tie between the theory and the myth. In some article regarding this news I've read that Planet 9 might have ended in its orbit due to encounters with Jupiter/Saturn. Not exactly an eagle eating its liver, but it can be paralled to "the punishment from Zeus(Jupiter)".
- jharohit 11y ago:) well nicely connected with the punishment story! I would further go and say that we can draw parallels with the Kuiper Belt objects to the eagles "tormenting" Prometheus while he is chained to a "cold, lonely mountain rock" like our new mysterious planet stuck in a dark lonely corner of the solar system!
- dr_zoidberg 11y agoAlright, time to write to IAU with a name proposal!