Name the Tenth Planet!

Why haven't they named the tenth planet yet? The longer they wait, the more names they will have to wade through. So here we will discuss various names under consideration:

"Rupert" is the nickname the planet was given in Douglas Adams' "Mostly Harmless". It was meant to refer to the astronomer's parrot, but in real life it could be Rupert Murdoch instead.

In the Doctor Who series, "The Sunmakers", K9 mentions the tenth planet was named Cassius. I rather like this name, but it seems so unimportant compared with the "big" mythological names like Pluto, Jupiter, Mars, etc.

For big mythological names, Odysseus isn't taken, and as he went on long voyages it would be perfect, since the planet is very very far away. However, maybe they already named an asteroid that.

My mother suggested Hoth since it's very cold. However, Star Wars's Hoth has a breatheable atmosphere and actual sunlight, whereas our tenth planet has neither of these. And where are the Wampas?!?

Vulcan is a name most Trekkies have already considered as suitable. Problem is, in the 19th century there used to be something closer than Mercury that was thought to have been a planet, and THAT was called Vulcan, until such time as the astronomers decided that it did not, in fact, actually exist. Also Vulcan suggests a volcanic planet, which the new one most likely is not.

Planet X is another oft-used name. It was the original name for Pluto until it was actually discovered. X does not actually stand for "ten", but rather "unknown". However, we know about the new one, so this suggestion is no longer relevant.

Jay Leno suggested Goofy. I think NBC should never have suggested Jay Leno for that show.

We need people who are more adventurous at naming planets. Names like the ones mentioned above are all fine and dandy, but they pale in comparison to something out of the ordinary: "Poopie", "Mustard", "10th Rock from the Sun", "Thingy", "Nope Not Here", "Gilligan's Planet", "Billiardus", "Wallyworld", "Saturn 2: Return of the Killer Saturn", and of course, "This End Up".

Post your suggestions for planet names below and decent and/or absurd reasons for coming up with them.

I like "Muminua Nonus", something with two names.

"Planet X"



That'd be a roman numeral.

This would be after settling on a definition of "planet" that keeps Pluto.

Fat chance on that ever being "settled".

When they discovered that 'planet' they also discovered it's orbit and learned some very valuable things about pluto's and neptune's orbits. In a few hundred centuries, we may not be worrying about pluto as a planet. It is quite large as objects go, as is the new 'planet' but there are many, many such objects out there at the periphery of the system.

So you can name it if you want, but you might as well start naming the rest of the stars or perhaps the more nearby asteroids. I think a name will really only serve a purpose if we somehow refer to it in conversation (scientific or otherwise) and I really don't expect a lot of that to happen in this case.

Cosmic Debris Eng spell(koz-mik duh-bree)
meaning 1. space poop 2. the 10th planet

As Siro alluded to, there is no 10th planet. They are currently putting everything on hold while they figure out a good definition for planet. This includes naming the object in question, and the possibility of reclassifying Pluto (which I personally doubt would happen).

maybe it could be sponsered? nasa could charge sponsers to name it for say - 5-10 years

'This planet 'Gates' is brought to you by microsoft - lets hope thisun doesnt crash'
'The Planet xXx - where Pepsi takes it to the extreme'
'The Smoking Mans Planet - brought to you by Hamlet - cause you cant ban advertising here haha'

It has unofficially been named 'Xena'.

And it does appear to have a moon, which some are referring to as 'Gabrielle.'

However, I prefer 'Jeska' and 'Torley.'



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Which tenth planet is that? I know a heap of "planets" that lie beyond neptune, it's called the kuiper belt...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt

Haha in total agreement. It really depends if you define Pluto as a planet; if Pluto is defined as a planet, Xena must also be a planet.

Alberich.

"Bob" as in Titan A.E. (I'm waaaaay partial to this one)
"Your finger, stupid" can't remember from where - Larry Niven maybe??
"Philemon" (pronounced fill-eh-mohn) Why? Because I can.

The Tenth planet was also called "Mondas" and was the home of the Cybermen.
(Oops...Geek Alert!!!! )

Claire, of course.

Taco.

Or Chicharones.

Flatulence.

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Next day. At the Trenton Home for the Criminally Insane, the HOSPITAL GUARD
is sitting at a desk watching TV. DR. LIZARDO comes down the hall and
reaches for a wall-mounted telephone. He is wearing a military greatcoat
with medals on the front, and dragging a large suitcase.

HOSPITAL GUARD:
Where do you think you're going, Doc? The moon?

DR. LIZARDO:
No. Planet Ten.

DR. LIZARDO takes the phone off the hook.

HOSPITAL GUARD:
Oh, Planet Ten. Why, pray tell?

DR. LIZARDO:
(on phone)
Operator!

HOSPITAL GUARD:
Doc, put down the phone.

DR. LIZARDO:
Operator! I wanna make a call to Mr. John Bigbooty, at-a
Yoyodyne Propulsions-a Systems, over in Grover's Mill. And you
tell him that it's John Whorfin calling. That's W-H-O-R-F-I-N,
you got that, honey? John! J-O-H-N!

The HOSPITAL GUARD looks annoyed. He turns off the TV and gets up.

HOSPITAL GUARD:
This better be collect, Doc.

Jesse.

Joe

Titicaca!

I saw that episode the ONE time they showed it on local broadcast TV, and I don't recall anyone saying it was the tenth planet of the Solar System, just a tenth planet. But it's been something like fifteen years, so I may be wrong. Anyway, Dr. Who contradicted themselves numerous times on other things, why not this? Or maybe the planet had different names at different points in history.

I think Arthur C Clarke called it Persephone. Not a good name. Sounds like a Nissan subcompact to me.

Amaterasu , A Shinto sun goddess.