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There’s all kinds of silly names they could borrow from stories hypothesizing its existence. Nemesis, Nibiru, Vulcan, and Planet X, just for starters. But in al
by Hemospectrum 5y ago
There’s all kinds of silly names they could borrow from stories hypothesizing its existence. Nemesis, Nibiru, Vulcan, and Planet X, just for starters. But in all likelihood it will end up as something much more anodyne.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoI think the IAU will only accept names from Mythology.
- pndy 5y agoHere you go: https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/ https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/ - in short, it can't just be named by snapping fingers obviously as there's a review and approval process. They extended naming conventions to other cultures already - IIRC Roman and Greek sources were "drying off"
- gs17 5y agoThere's a region on Pluto provisionally named after Cthulhu, citing Lovecraft as "an underworld mythology". If the IAU accepts the name, it would make this possible too.
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- yongjik 5y agoSure, I'm OK with naming it Le Creuset. Oh, you meant anodyne ....