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- troublesomekeen
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Or instead of roman numerals, you could go the greek route:Bernie wrote:i dont get why in science fiction they have planets with roman numerals after. couldn't they come up with a new name for a planet? instead of just giving planets the same name? seems pretty lazy.
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Actually, that's what we do now. Planets are named after the star they're found around plus some identifying number (Such as M26 or RW-2004 plus a number. Often *stars* are named this way.Bernie wrote:i dont get why in science fiction they have planets with roman numerals after. couldn't they come up with a new name for a planet? instead of just giving planets the same name? seems pretty lazy.
Of course some get away with a simple letter such as Kepler-56a and Kepler-56b, the two planets detected around the star Kepler-56.
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yeah but isnt that more for far away planets that we dont really care about? I mean if we colonized that planet I'm sure we'd give it something more individual.Actually, that's what we do now. Planets are named after the star they're found around plus some identifying number
im really just thinking about the planets in our own solar system.
Yes, I'm sure the colonists of Uranus would like to rename their home planet. Something like Crotchicus or Gonadus, maybe? Unless by the time we man Uranus we're already past such childish things.Bernie wrote:yeah but isnt that more for far away planets that we dont really care about? I mean if we colonized that planet I'm sure we'd give it something more individual.Actually, that's what we do now. Planets are named after the star they're found around plus some identifying number
im really just thinking about the planets in our own solar system.
Oh and Mars should change its name to Snickers.
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Humans always do that; people name their roombas. And dress them up. But most planets will keep their numbers. Especially if they were home to aliens we didn't know about, care about or pay much attention to. If any aliens know about earth you can bet it will have an equally complex and routine name. And if life is so wonderfully common as every human secretly hopes it is, you can expect humans themselves will have some boring classification in the universal guide.Bernie wrote:yeah but isnt that more for far away planets that we dont really care about? I mean if we colonized that planet I'm sure we'd give it something more individual.Actually, that's what we do now. Planets are named after the star they're found around plus some identifying number
im really just thinking about the planets in our own solar system.
I believe you mean 'When we're satisfied with our own planet and have no need to colonize others, we'll take care of it.'VikingBoyBilly wrote:When we're able to take care of our own planet, we'll be satisfied with it and have no need to colonize others.
So the titles of Kepler-56b and Uranus shall remain.
What you really need, not what you think you ought to want.
On the other hand, I hope colonisation of new worlds remains impossible. We're eventually forced, at least in order to survive, to take care of Earth and not trash it and move to another one like a bad lessee. I'm disappointed how people like Hawking have long ago given up on humanity
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