original_reader , (edited )

What are we going to name it when it is found?

I trust we really don't want "Planet Nine" (if we do, we should rename Earth to "Planet 3"), let alone "Planet X". Any better ideas?

HubertManne ,

pluto was called planet X until it was discovered

KISSmyOSFeddit ,

Let's call this one Planet Twitter, just to annoy Elon.

thebardingreen OP ,
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If Mike Brown finds it, he'll jump all over naming it, and I'm sure that's part of his motivation for hunting it so doggedly. He's like that.

Daxtron2 ,

It will likely be a Greek or Roman name in keeping with tradition. The IAU generally let's the person/group that discovers have an influence in the decision but they're the final say on the name.

lvxferre ,
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With two exceptions*, the names are from Roman mythology. So I'd expect the new planet to get a definitive name from the same template. (Please be Janus. It's the gate of the solar system!)

*Uranus is from Greek mythology, with no good Latin equivalent. Terra is trickier; you could argue that it fits the template for Latin and the Romance languages, but most others simply use local words for soil, without a connection to the goddess. That is also called Tellus to add confusion.

YungOnions ,
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Tellus would be a cool name for a planet, imo.

lvxferre ,
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It would, indeed. I wouldn't mind if it was the scientific/"proper" name for Earth.

Murdoc ,

I would; it's too close to Telus (but pronounced the same), a terrible phone company where I live.

lvxferre ,
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How do you pronounce the company name? For reference, Latin "Tellus" would be /tɛllu:s/; the nearest English equivalent would be "TELL loos", I guess.

Murdoc ,

Tell-us, so more like it looks I guess.

collapse_already ,

I think they should call it Nibiru to feed the conspiracy theories.

thebardingreen OP ,
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I had a roomate ten years ago who seriously believed in all that crap. Lizard people from the edge of the solar system here to claim our gold.

Ghyste ,

No.

JackGreenEarth ,
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Batterige, or whoever it is's, law of headlines ig

deezbutts ,

Godwin

Ghyste ,

Betterige is correct.

KISSmyOSFeddit , (edited )

BAH GOD IT'S PLUTO WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
HE'S CLEARING HIS ORBIT!

Olap ,

Surely the absence of nine indicates our model of gravity is off. Combined with lack of Dark Matter, is Einstein wrong?

Iheartcheese ,
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Pluto 2 electric boogaloo

Zachariah ,
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homesweethomeMrL ,

Planet Nine from Outer Space

. . . I’ll show myself out

Zachariah ,
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