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Post by Shwoo on Aug 23, 2005 23:50:02 GMT
They're like a double planet. Charon is about half Pluto's size and it rotates around a shared centre of gravity.
I don't get how you can think that Sedna is a planet though.
What would be a good name for Planet X?
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Post by Numbuh 1024 on Aug 25, 2005 11:15:51 GMT
Well, that's what the newspapers said.
Like the astrologists care about what name we choose. Besides, I don't have the talent to name planets.
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 26, 2005 1:17:05 GMT
Astrologists? Do you mean astronomers? I don't think that the astrologers are too happy about the new planet. It'd probably throw off their predictions.
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Post by delightfulologist1 on Aug 26, 2005 2:42:38 GMT
Rofl!
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Post by Numbuh 1024 on Aug 26, 2005 5:47:32 GMT
Someone spotted my mistake. Yes, I meant astronomers.
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 26, 2005 6:33:33 GMT
www.badastronomy.comGreat astronomy site. Speaking of astrology, aren't some moons bigger than Mercury and Pluto? Shouldn't they be inlcuded in predictions?
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Post by Numbuh 1024 on Aug 26, 2005 6:35:23 GMT
In fact, our moon is bigger than Pluto.
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 26, 2005 6:42:08 GMT
Is it? I know that Ganymede is, but I guess I forgot about Earth's moon.
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Post by delightfulologist1 on Aug 26, 2005 8:33:44 GMT
Gaia might be a good name for the new planet. I don't like the name Sedna, though. It's not even Greek/Roman pantheon, it's some antarctic one or something.
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Post by Numbuh 1024 on Aug 26, 2005 8:37:30 GMT
Gaia? Nah, Gaia was Earth's goddess, right?
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 26, 2005 8:37:43 GMT
Inuit. She was the goddess of the deepest part of the sea, or something. Antarctica has no natives, so it has no mythology.
Gaia means "earth," so it may not be the best name for a newly discovered planet.
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Post by Numbuh 1024 on Aug 26, 2005 8:42:01 GMT
*imagines how an Antarctican native would look*
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Post by delightfulologist1 on Aug 26, 2005 8:42:33 GMT
Maybe 'Oceanus', the Greek titan of water?
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Post by Shwoo on Aug 26, 2005 8:46:36 GMT
Or maybe Goofy?
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Post by delightfulologist1 on Aug 26, 2005 8:50:48 GMT
That's the best one ever. We'd better tell NASA, they're never going to refuse it. Then as soon as it's announced to everybody else via news broadcasts, the planet will be called "Planet Delightfulolo--", I mean, "Planet Goofy"!
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