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Planet Nine: Is the search for this elusive world nearly over? (www.livescience.com)

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

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