Update on Tenth Planet’s name
August 10th, 2005
It looks highly likely that the tenth planet will not be named Xena. The IAU is the group responsible for approving astronomical names and they have suggested that the name should follow in the Greco-Roman tradition that the previous planets used. Since Xena does not fall into the Greco-Roman naming structure, the discoverers will have to come up with a more suitable name. Pity. I was hoping Xena would be approved. In addition, the IAU first must decide if they agree that the object really is a planet. Only after they make this decision, will they agree to a name.
August 12th, 2005 at 8:10 pm
I would name the tenth planet just what eveyone is calling it.
“Tenth”. This is original and also unique. Who could forget the name.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
i chose the name superplanet66576
August 26th, 2005 at 12:08 pm
I chose the name shadow because it only appears half of the time.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:09 pm
I think the tenth planet should be called Mysterio because noone knows the name yet and its just a matching name with all of the other planets in the solar system.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:10 pm
planet Hara Becasue its zeus wife in mytoligy.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:10 pm
I would name the planet Subzero because on that planet everything would be frozen because it will be below zero decrease and its the farthest away from the sun.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
Gumbow I pick Gumbow Becauce it was the first thing that came to my might.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:11 pm
I chose the name “Artemus” because it associates with the greek mythothogy and she became associated with the moon and thats part of the solarsitem
August 26th, 2005 at 12:40 pm
luna
lunavera
August 26th, 2005 at 12:44 pm
I want to post a comment to name the planet i want to name it UNO because its name know is UB313.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:45 pm
I think you should name the tenth planet Bob. Because that is an awsome name.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
i think should name the planet zion because it is a machine planet of a movie.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
I think its name should be stellownme.it has a sillent m.it would be a good name becouse its a word no one heard of and it could be a boy or a girl name.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
I think the tenth planet should be named pegasus because it would be a perfect name for that planet horses with wings are awsome!
August 26th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
astro
beacuse it sounds like astrolgy the study of the stars.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
I would name the tenth planet Explora because there is always something new to find.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
You guys deserve to die, Have a nice day.
P.S. =p
August 26th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
i would like to have purple as the planets name because that is my favorite color or explorire or loona beause howgirle i like that one
August 26th, 2005 at 12:49 pm
i think its name should be Stellownme . becouse no one ever heard of the name and it could be a boys or a girls name.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:50 pm
i think you should name it Serena!
it just a sugestion because it would go with Venus
August 26th, 2005 at 12:51 pm
i think you should name it My Little Pony. Because My Little Ponies are awsome!
August 26th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
I think the tenth planet should be calld Myrmidon because it’s definition is satellite and companion and revolves around others, as the planet revolves around ours’.
August 26th, 2005 at 12:55 pm
I wamt to post a comment about the tenth planet Iwamt to name it phoenix because it reaminds me of arizona.
August 27th, 2005 at 1:52 pm
i think that you should name the new planet Zues, because all of the other planets are named after other gods.
August 27th, 2005 at 5:06 pm
I think the appropriate name would be “Theka”. Theka is the greek word for ten. And since the planet we are naming is supposively the tenth planet I thought it a suitable name.
August 31st, 2005 at 12:42 pm
I think they should choose something that refers to the dark side of greek mythology , something that has a mysterious aura to it
September 6th, 2005 at 9:11 am
Laser – because I like it!
September 8th, 2005 at 5:47 am
tenth planet is very cold of all planets as farthest from sun. you should name it tenth
September 10th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
I think we should name it fartha becouse it is the farthest planet from the sun
September 15th, 2005 at 9:08 am
trippeus the god of ice because all of the other planets are named after gods sweet!!!!! hey mom.
September 19th, 2005 at 8:51 am
It’s the farthest planet in the sun and it’s the coldest one in the solar system planet why don’t you named it “Farcold”.
September 22nd, 2005 at 8:09 pm
Pan-Horus is what Linda Goodman said it should be.
October 15th, 2005 at 11:59 am
I think the planet should be named
Ardoss because the name sounds cool and it would be unique because the other planets are named from mythology
October 26th, 2005 at 8:34 pm
yOU SHOUD NAME IT AEON
December 16th, 2005 at 9:23 pm
why not name it–Persephone… wife of Hades(Pluto)..:)
December 27th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
My personal vote for naming 2005 UB303, is Nox (primordial goddess of night).
January 3rd, 2006 at 11:28 am
persphone is taken, its a moon i think. If the guy who discovered it in 1895 were still alive i’d tell him to rename his moon so the tenth planet should be called it. i dont like the name cerberous. Name it after a god!, Theka is also a good suggestion.
January 7th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
I am a Taurus and I just read Linda Goodmans book (written in 1975) and I thing we should observe her speculation about it and the effect it has on Taurians. I agree we should keep it PAN-HORUS.
Before having discovered Linda Goodman (just today) I have had a relationship with Horus as my patron diety and Cornunos (very relative to Pan). Being a spiritual person, this is more than a coincidence to me!
January 9th, 2006 at 2:08 am
Actually, the ancient Sumerians, in their various cylinder seals and what-not, believed in an extra planet, and called it Nibiru.
It’s also interesting to note that they knew of Pluto (calling it Gaga). What makes it interesting is that the modern world didn’t discover Pluto until the 1930’s.
January 9th, 2006 at 9:51 am
Even before greco -roman era indians invented astro science , and they calculated the weight of earth, sun and moon accurately .Its in the vedas. And they started astrology so many thousands years back. so i think if the tenth planet is a truth give it a indian name like dasya(tenth) or swetha(white)or hima(snow). please consider the oldest astro scientists of the world , indians .
January 9th, 2006 at 10:02 am
EVEN BEFORE GRECO-ROMAN ERA , INDIANS INVENTED THE GREAT SCIENCE OF ASTONOMY. THEY CALCULATED THE MASS OF THE EARTH, MOON , SUN AND OTHER PLANETS, ACCURATELY.ITS IN THEIR VEDAS(INDIAN RELIGIOUS BOOKS) PLEASE CONSIDER THIS OLDEST ASTRO SCIENTISTS AND GIVE AN INDIAN NAME TO THE TENTH PLANET….LIKE HIMA(SNOW),DASA(TENTH),SWETHA(WHITE)..
January 12th, 2006 at 2:00 am
With due respect to the vedas, their information is taken largely from previous Sumerian writings. Reread the vedas, then look for something called the Enuma Elish, which is the Sumerian Genesis. You’ll find many correlations between the two, as well as similarities between the stories in the vedas and the stories of greco-roman mythology.
January 18th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Name it Terminus after the
Roman god of bounderies since it would be considered the new boundery of the solar system
February 5th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
The planets are all named after gods of the roman pantheon, and here are the names left:
Apollo (Apollo) | god of the arts (esp. poetry and music)
Bacchus (Dionysos) | god of wine and mysteries
Diana (Artemis) | goddess of the hunt and protector of children
Juno (Hera) | goddess of marriage; consort of Jupiter
Minerva (Athena) | goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts
Vulcan (Hephaistos) | god of smiths and metal-workers
February 5th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Actually Persephone (Greek) is Proserpina in the Roman Pantheon. As Rafael suggested, it should be name Proserpina.
February 5th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
THANK U
February 24th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
We should call it Plutina. That’s what my 5th grade teacher thought Pluto was called.
March 16th, 2006 at 12:24 am
i thought it was and also limbo!
April 5th, 2006 at 8:54 am
Why can’t they just leave it Xena! its a perfect name! i know they are trying to go about tradition for a mythological name, But its a small, easy, simple name…Its “almost” mythological…and the name Xena did arive from a mythological name. I think it was XENIA: Greek name meaning “welcoming.” Variants include Xeenia, Xena, Zeena, Zeenia, and Zena.
January 8th, 2008 at 5:19 am
.,.,.,…hmmm.,.,… Dionysus is a nice name, it means Goddess of Wine…let’s just leave the name of it to the scientists!!!! maybe they will choose the nicest!!! but please a name from the greek mythodology.,.,.,.:>
February 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
to Steve, whole world knows tht Indus valley civilization is oldest and mush older than Sumerian, brush up ur history before commenting blindly.
I agree with sevvanthi, although it is already too late…
November 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
It should be called Nnamdi for some reasons i can’t start saying the details yet but was revealed to me in my dream!!!
January 30th, 2009 at 8:08 am
i would like to name the planet as “Geoth” ^^ cause i want to fullyfill my dream!!
January 30th, 2009 at 8:09 am
I wish i would come true !!!!