Sailor _____ (10th Planet Discovered)

Aya Reiko · Post by **Aya Reiko** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:36 am

US Astronomers Claim to Discover Tenth Planet in Solar System

I wonder what name they'll come up for the thing.

peachvampiress · Post by **peachvampiress** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:24 am

Quick, let's start an online petition to call it Nemesis.

Jusenkyo no Pikachu · Post by **Jusenkyo no Pikachu** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 8:08 am

Move along, no redundant comments to see here

(I swear, I missed the first Nemesis remark!)

jupiter23 · Post by **jupiter23** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 3:01 pm

I think I had heard about that a while back. For years scientists had been insistent that there was a 10th planet in this solar system. Now they finally found it. Like the others, they will probably name them after Roman Gods. That is my theory, anyway.

Umino · Post by **Umino** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:09 pm

Damn it, two people beat me..

I hope they're Sailor Moon fans, because it needs to be NEMESIS!

Em · Post by Em » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:27 pm

But if they call it Nemesis does that mean we get Crystal Tokyo as well?

Sailorasteroid · Post by **Sailorasteroid** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:05 pm

One theory I heard went like this: Pluto was named after plutonium, the element. That was picked because it came after neptunium. The element after plutonium is americaum, so the new planet should be called America!

peachvampiress · Post by **peachvampiress** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 7:19 pm

Ah, yes, the Pereodic Table of the Elements. I hate that table. I remember looking at some of the names in Science class and thinking "Some of these scientists got pretty lazy when it came to making up names". Seriously, Californium? Where's the Canadium?

Nah, I think we should stick with the Roman gods. Or better yet Greek gods since I always liked their names better.

Em · Post by Em » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:12 pm

Sailorasteroid wrote:One theory I heard went like this: Pluto was named after plutonium, the element. That was picked because it came after neptunium.

Humm I rember reading / seeing on TV that Pluto was named after the Disney dog Plutio by the man that first found Pluto.

Must amit They should try and keep wiht the Roman names even if most of them are the greek god's wiht new names

Aya Reiko · Post by **Aya Reiko** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:24 pm

Em wrote:
Sailorasteroid wrote:One theory I heard went like this: Pluto was named after plutonium, the element. That was picked because it came after neptunium.

Humm I rember reading / seeing on TV that Pluto was named after the Disney dog Plutio by the man that first found Pluto.

Must amit They should try and keep wiht the Roman names even if most of them are the greek god's wiht new names

The story from Wiki:

The name retained for the planet is that of the Roman god Pluto, and it is also intended to evoke the initials of the astronomer Percival Lowell, who predicted that a planet would be found beyond Neptune. The name was first suggested by Venetia Burney, at the time an eleven-year-old girl from Oxford, England. Over the breakfast table, one morning her grandfather, who worked at Oxford University's Bodleian Library, was reading about the discovery of the new planet in the Times newspaper. He asked his grandaughter what she thought would be good name for it. Venetia thought that as it was so cold and so distant it should be named after the Roman God of the underworld. This idea was mentioned by her grandfather to a former Astronomer Royal who cabled his astronomer colleagues in America. After favourable consideration which was almost unanimous, the name Pluto was officially adopted and an announcement made by Slipher on May 1, 1930.

Luna1986 · Post by **Luna1986** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:12 am

I thought that they already named it nemesis and that was the reason for the SM name. At least I heard that they found something out there they named nemesis. Am I right? I dunno. Someone should check it out.

crazydiamond · Post by **crazydiamond** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:36 pm

Okay, I'm not very "up" on astronomy, but are they still having that debate on whether or not Pluto's an actual planet? Because I read that somewhere. Like...in a National Geographic? Or something? But that was a while ago. Anyway, I'll go with everyone else and say Nemesis. Because otherwise, it's gonna have a really complicated name since all the "easy" Greek/Roman names are already taken (Thanks, Jupiter, and your, like, 6 billion moons!). Maybe they should name it after one of the Muses?

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 1:50 pm

crazydiamond wrote:Okay, I'm not very "up" on astronomy, but are they still having that debate on whether or not Pluto's an actual planet? Because I read that somewhere. Like...in a National Geographic? Or something?

You know I've never heard an outcome for that debate, either. For a while they classified Pluto as a moon then said it was a planet again.

navi · Post by **navi** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:41 pm

Sailorasteroid wrote:One theory I heard went like this: Pluto was named after plutonium, the element. That was picked because it came after neptunium. The element after plutonium is americaum, so the new planet should be called America!

that would be sweet!

Luna1986 · Post by **Luna1986** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:34 pm

From what I remember, they didn't agree on Puto's status as a planet because of its irregular orbit. In that it crosses the paths of Neptune and maybe Uranus, but at least Neptune. This orbit is more like the path of a commet and such, and the fact it is so small and mostly ice, kind of like a commet adds to the debate.

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:22 pm

Sailorasteroid wrote:One theory I heard went like this: Pluto was named after plutonium, the element. That was picked because it came after neptunium. The element after plutonium is americaum, so the new planet should be called America!

So that's our new frontier in the future?

For some reason, "Sailor X" keeps popping into my head.

Peachvampiress:
Your avatar is scary.

What's the picture of?

peachvampiress · Post by **peachvampiress** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:45 pm

Sakuya

Peachvampiress:
Your avatar is scary. What's the picture of?

*off topic* The Angel of Death from Raiders of the Lost Ark. You looked at her so now you'll die :P

*On topic* This is a thought that struck me. I was wondering, on the day they announce the new planet's name, how many new Sailor Moon fanfictions do you think will be up that star Sailor [name of new planet]? I can just picture them announcing the name live on T.V. and instantly a couple hundred new fics pop up on google.

jupiter23 · Post by **jupiter23** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 6:10 pm

That wouldn't surprise me in the least little bit.

Musashi · Post by **Musashi** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:31 pm

Oh, hey! Me and my friend were talking about what a senshi from that planet would be like. xD

Hoo boy, all the schoolbooks are now outdated! YAY!!
-threws books into the air and runs around like an idiot-

RoastedTwinkies · Post by **RoastedTwinkies** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:46 am

jupiter23 wrote:I think I had heard about that a while back. For years scientists had been insistent that there was a 10th planet in this solar system. Now they finally found it. Like the others, they will probably name them after Roman Gods. That is my theory, anyway.

I think it's fascinating. It's also logical to name it that way. If not, then at least name it after the person or persons who discovered it. I would hate to see some stupid name for it.

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