Poll: How should we Name Planets?

[Clirck]

They should be named after gods like they always have.

Thats most logical.

 

[Unknower]

Whatever sounds good.

...Persephone...

Random information: "perse" means "ass" in Finnish.

 

[Davey Woo]

I think if WE are inhabiting them, we should stick to Latin/Greek, because the Latin for Earth is Terra. It would be silly to have "Earth" and then random other names (whether they be scientific, religious or otherwise)

 

[UltimatheChosen]

I think each solar system should have a naming "theme". Ours is based on the Roman pantheon. We could have one named after corporations, one named after the Asgard, etc.

 

[Beefcakes]

I think they should be named Dave. Except one. It should be called Gerald.
Plus, aliens that live on certain planets will likely have a name for their own planet.

I like this idea
I would like to live on Gerald
And ninja through out the confines of the white text areas

 

[traceur_]

we can name them after me and my awesome qualities, seriously we should just give them cool, names without any childish yet funny innuendo. Stuff like "Angel" "Reach" "Halo" "Harvest" and "Reaper",
planet Darkness sounds awesome,

or latin stuff, I would love to live on the planet incendia or planet noctem or planet vita

ok go with funny immature names, to laugh at the news when they give reports on the battle with the aliens, "Breaking wind, I mean news, we have just received word that out military has captured Urectum."

 

[shirin238]

"We, of the playstation galaxy declare war to the Microsoft systems!"

"Sir, the nintendoes have re-started their abductions of normal people"

"Damn... I didn't count on that. Alright, bring out our flame spaceships, we'll just flame them all..."

 

[whaleswiththumbs]

Ummm.. I don't like any of the poll options...

I say we stick to the naming system we have, the finder of the planet has influence on the name but if he/she doesn't want tot name it the fucking retarded space people name it(You know the ones who haven't done anything for 70 years then tried to say Pluto is not a planet, when everyone knows it is)

 

[Xrysthos]

Different classes of names for different systems would be preferential. The current system is good for various exoplanets, but if we ever find say planets with life or habitable planets, they could be given names from fiction or religion, which would be somewhat cool. I mean, there are various mythologies from which names can be picked, and there are also several options from the sci-fi universe. For example, one could call a desert planet Tatooine, and a red one that looks somewhat like Mars could be called Korriban.

 

[Good morning blues]

They already have names based on stars - that's just a simple, easily understood system. For regular names, such as Earth and Mars, colloquial names popularized by the press will probably be adopted.

their names are from ancient roman religion, pre-Christian. Mars was the god of war. and Jupiter was the god of all gods. neptue was the god of the sea and uranus was actually greek, he was the father of Kronos who was the father of Zeus. Venus was the god of beauty.

I'm well aware of this, but if we start trying to name every exoplanet after a god without redundancies we're going to end up running out of names pretty quick.

 

[Kajt]

We should keep naming em' in the way we named Uranus.
Would've been awesome.

 

[Christemo]

name them like the old gods from the egyptian, greek, chinese and norse mythologies.

 

[The DSM]

Have to have epic names like Titanus, Arachnos.... Escapist xD

 

[Zombie Turtle]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet

Well, let's just say we find earth-like planets in "Habitable Zones" which are suitable to live on once our fucking planet eats itself. This is after we have been able to conduct deep space exploration and travel, we have hover cars and laser beams and all that futuristic stuff.

But how should we name the planets?

Is it just me or does 'the future' always get stereotyped with lasers and flying cars? Kinda bugs me :/

I think the name of a planet should be put to a world vote, who gives someone the write to name a planet if it isn't theirs. I feel any suggestions should be put to a vote

 

[hopeneverdies]

Same way we named the fruits and vegetables.
Oranges, they're orange.

 

[TenthRegeneration]

Seeing as we as humans named our own planet after dirt, maybe we shouldn't be aloud to name planets?

Honestly, Earth must have the worst name in the universe. "Mars, Venus, Neptune...oh, what's your name? Earth? Lol noob!"

(Edit: I know this may be because we as a civilization started as farmers, and in that regard if we ever do find aliens it wouldn't surprise me at all if they named their planets stuff like "Dirt" or "Soil" or "farm" or "Ocean" or whatever. Just a thought)

 

[NeedAUserName]

Well my method involves a dartboard, numbers 0-9 on bits of card, and letters A-Z. Oh, and some darts.

 

[Combined]

Combine Planet 1, Combine Planet 2, Combine Planet 3, Combine Planet with Insufficient Resources 1...

 

[frank220]

Name them after the planets in Futurama, like Omicron Persei 8

 

[Mr0llivand3r]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet

Well, let's just say we find earth-like planets in "Habitable Zones" which are suitable to live on once our fucking planet eats itself. This is after we have been able to conduct deep space exploration and travel, we have hover cars and laser beams and all that futuristic stuff.

But how should we name the planets?

Is it just me or does 'the future' always get stereotyped with lasers and flying cars? Kinda bugs me :/

I think the name of a planet should be put to a world vote, who gives someone the write to name a planet if it isn't theirs. I feel any suggestions should be put to a vote

it was just hypothetical dude.

you have to admit though, it would be pretty badass lol