New Scientist's Top 10 Names for the Tenth Planet

[DrWho42 13]

New Scientist's Top Ten Suggested Names

[Jack_Bauer 1]

I still like Vulcan

[HRH The KING 0]

The planet should be named "Somnus" and its moon should be called "Nox".

[sea trooper 0]

The best out of those are: Xena, Titan, and Cerberus. With names like Bob and Rupert and Peace, they just aren't planet names. Especially Bob.

[DrWho42 13]

With names like Bob and Rupert and Peace, they just aren't planet names. Especially Bob.

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Bob is also the alternative name to the planet New Earth in the film Titan A.E.

[Jack_Bauer 1]

And was the second choice for Nunavit, the new territory of Canada created in 1999. It was a joke write in vote as a joke.

[sea trooper 0]

With names like Bob and Rupert and Peace, they just aren't planet names. Especially Bob.

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Bob is also the alternative name to the planet New Earth in the film Titan A.E.

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New Earth AKA Planet Bob

[MrPsychic 1]

They can't use Titan, it's a name of a Saturn moon.

[Jim Phaserman 0]

I've voting for Gbaja-Biamilla. Just because it's hard to pronounce, and harder to spell.

[BakulaBabe 2]

The planet should be named "Somnus" and its moon should be called "Nox".

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I wholeheartedly agree! I'm surprised those names aren't on the list - they're perfectly appropriate.

 

If it was just a planet with no moon, I'd vote for Proserpina. Or Bob.