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NASA asked Twitter to name 7 newly discovered planets.
(Very sorry if repost, I haven't seen this on Imgur yet so let me know!)
gwenhwyfar84
Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and Alola.
TylerDarko
1. mitochondria 2. is 3. the 4. powerhouse 5. of 6. the 7. cell
MuFugginFudge
"I live on 'the'. No, not the 3rd one, the 6th one.
KittyLeader
1. Mitochondria 2. Is 3. The 4. Powerhouse 5. Of 6. Tha 7.Cell
FeartheMindKiller
Caprica, Tauron, Picon, Sagittaron, Gemenon, Virgon and Aerilon
markpong
Was scrolling for BSG and wasn't disappointed
nihilistdad
Orval, Chimay, Westvleteren, Rochefort, Westmalle, Achel, Koningshoeven
stevetijpels
EN EWA RAP
gommel1
La trappe sounds better than konigshoeven ;)
Preatorian
JAAAA MILJAAR NONDEDJU!
80percentlegs
This is really the only suggestion that makes even a fucking wink of sense
CondorConnor
Vulcan, Qo'noS, Betazed, Cardassia, Andoria, Bajor, Romulus.
jrntn
I always wondered why the Betazoid planet was called "B to Z"
seemetrollinh8in
Tequila, Vodka, Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Wine, Beer.
Avlonnic
But the rum is always gone...
TheValiantAdmiral
7 Planets: Vogsphere, Nowhat, Rupert, ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, Magrathea, Betelgeuse and finally, Maximegalon.
SourmanTheWise
Betelgeuse is an existing Sun so we should go with Krikkit instead
waggadaoku
You should get more upvotes.
neutronfish
This one seemed quite Hitchhiker-ish...
jakethetao
I hate to say it, but if we could get there today somehow it'd be something like: Coke, McDonalds, Citibank, Phizer, Monsanto, BP, Turbo-Tax
Elroydb
But that would mean that all these companies would pay piles and piles of money to space exploration programs for that
RosegoldEverything
That was the point.
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
Your comment hurts me because of how prophetic I fear it is.
azureraptor
Weyland-Yutani Paradise World #LV-426
Promethianfire
Welcome to Guaranteed Rate Planet, a McDonalds world, brought to you by Coke.
SvprHanc
new Canada, far Canada, really far Canada, colder Canada, coldest Canada, galactic north Canada, and oh, Canada
Ryyi23
SvprHanc
One of my favorite things I've seen.
Ryyi23
I feel like this post is where the Canada names came from.
SvprHanc
Haha, it was my inspiration for sure!
Znayx
I've seen it before and I love it always. The "Milky Eh" is really the best possible punchline for this.
Promethianfire
I always read "Oh, Canada" as being said by a dusky-hued woman with heavy-lidded and hungry eyes in a sultry voice. "Ohhh, Caaaaanadaa..."
dascypriot
I read it as if Americans forgot who's on top of them... Who's that on top? Oh! Canada!!!
Promethianfire
haha!
Zachakx
No love for Omicron Persei 1-7?
Cicilla
Without Omicron Persei 8, the star system is nothing. Nothing!
RileyLuv
Oak, Elm, Birch, Rowan, Juniper, Sycamore, Kukui
thealabasterllama
I'm totally going to colonize Kukui.
DukeDarkwood
Nightmare on Planet Elm.
Zachakx
Eyyy. As someone who's studying to be an arborist I agree.
gamecracker
Trees... Or pokemon profesors?
RileyLuv
Pokemon professors. Well, technically both
Larkos
Juniper is a bush.
gamecracker
Good to know.
GlobalStrike
In that case, professor juniper being the only female among them makes alot more sense now.
Larkos
Yeah that was the joke really.
DaddyWolf
Is that Jeb's sister?
Larkos
Please don't give her the clap.
Teriyakisub
jet, fuel, does, not, melt, steel, beams
MIKEWITHABIKE
thank you, for killing me, ily.
getmo
#triggered #shotsfired BREAK! BREAK! BREAK!
ashmenon
"I live on Does"
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
"I live on Not"
Zahnradfee
"Not" means distress, emergency or scarcety in German. Would not recommend.
ashmenon
"Mayday!" "Not!" "Really, mayday!" "Not!" "This is not a fucking game Hans we're getting shot at"
RosegoldEverything
That would work; no change for me.
Moolife
I'm surprised no one named a planet after Harambe
wakbat
There are 7 letters in Harambe
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Thepotatoknight
Thats the name of the star
MethDating
Panels out for Harambe.
DickwadMcDucking
Which one?
randomcomicman
memestar
Thepotatoknight
All the stars are the eyes of Harambe gazing down on us
Jaron58
ashmenon
The one in our hearts.
chrisjfinlay
They probably did but got left off the dump for being a fucking sad sack.
whatsamottowithyou
Tattoine, Coruscant, Dagobah, Yavin, Jakku, Endor, Hoth
terrorista31
this is perfect! nerds from around the world will work together to get there, our civilization will be saved by star wars heh
SublimeMacrocosmicMalevolence
There's like a million planets in Star Wars but hey, let's just swap one planet and copy some famous tweet
whatsamottowithyou
Dammit, he beat me to the punch :c
SublimeMacrocosmicMalevolence
And before you go all "only OT matters", There's no Besbin, Endor is technically just a moon, Coruscant wasn't even invented in OT...
SublimeMacrocosmicMalevolence
And before you go "But Endor is both a planet and a moon" you know which one people usually mean cos there's the cutesy Ewoks
Znayx
Yes, definitely, because it's impossible to just come up with the same idea as someone else on the internet...
DobbyLivesHere
Daily Super Upvote
Starslinger909
Yep
aplsw4n
swinglinered
What is this?
apittsburghoriginal
Star Wars Episode VII
kr18
Destruction of the hosnian system
JanetVanDyne
Perfect.
reux
*pushes glasses up nose* Technically Yavin is a gas planet and Yavin IV is a moon. Mentioning because you prolly left off Bespin for that.
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
I'd scratch Dagobah and Hoth, since neither are important beyond footnotes in the history of the rebellion. Go with Mon Cala and Corellia.
LordIggy
Have they flip flopped again on whether or not it's called 'Dac'?
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
Nah, I just (incorrectly) call it Mon Cala because that's how I first heard it. It's proper name is still Dac
LordIggy
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dac Apparently both are acceptable right now.
Veinyp3n15
Endor is a moon as well.
Ohond
A forest moon none the less.
LordIggy
Endor is a gas giant, The Forest Moon of Endor is a moon.
pussydander
Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Minnie, Goofy, Chip'n'Dale... Pluto.
randomcomicman
Pluto the Planet
Noughmad
On a second thought, better skip Donald.
AndreKroon
We'll name it 'Duck' instead.
JigsawLV
Name it Dolan
RagnarTheProp
It should be Martell not Targaryen
ImNotReallyIntoPokemon
The sun can be Targaryen.
MrRandom314159
Actually, I don't know about Tully, they never held a crown. I thought they were normally bannermen of the Baratheons.
SnarkyScience
Not the Baratheons. They were part of Kingdom of Isles and Rivers, which eventually just became the Iron Islands (Greyjoys).
RagnarTheProp
True but they control the lands of the Mudd Kings and the Riverlands is considered one of the seven kingdoms
SorryBuddy
Riverlands actually wasn't. It was owned by the Iron Isles before the Targaryens showed up. It only became its own region afterwards.
RagnarTheProp
There were the river kings prior to the conquest
AreYouWannaDie
Also Arryn not Greyjoy, but no one remembers the Vale :(
SnarkyScience
Arryn not Tully, actually. Riverlands were only added after Greyjoy rebellions.
CertifiedAgreer
No they were a kingdom since the Justmans I believe
SnarkyScience
I believe they were ruled as part of the Kingdom of Isles and Rivers, ruled by House Hoare of the Iron Islands, before the Greyjoys.
CertifiedAgreer
I just checked twoiaf says the first andal king to 'bring all the riverlands under his sway' was benedict. You could even consider the 1/2
LlamaLingo
Why?
AreYouWannaDie
Cause it's the great houses of each of the 7 kingdoms, Targaryens are the rulers of all 7 so they don't fit.
CocaineAndSelfPleasure
It can be the star.
DukeDardar
Exactly. Targaryen would have to be in another system.
shalmdi
Not one "Bob?" Disappointing
spiralandescape
You gotta wait until Earth is destroyed and rebuilt, then you can call it Bob!
wickedandpernicious
I loved Titan A.E.
DracasStormbringer
If you have read "We Are Legion (We Are Bob) book 1 of the Bobiverse, this makes perfect sense. Good read IMO. Bob rules!
AlfredWaffleVIII
I would personally like 1.never 2.gonna 3.give you 4. up 5. never gonna 6. let 7. you down
dReWdAt
HenryDorsettCase
was looking for that one
boingclashboom
CommonWhiteGirl
Was looking for this one
knifeskills
And moon moon
amk2042
5. And 7. Make me angsty because they are 2 words
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
Planets can be two words
thegoodnamesaregone
They have to be two words so the names don't repeat.
amk2042
Still
POTUS159
And #3
amk2042
True
EndersShadow
Jet, Fuel, Can't, Melt, Steel, Beams, Insidejob
YemirRx
3 can, 4 not*
inquisitivespaniards
1. T 2. H 3. E 4. G 5. A 6. M 7. E
DrWigglesworth
You stupid fucking genius, fuck you +1
devilsbitch
this shit is still around?
ForgivingCat
I just lost
inquisitivespaniards
Me 2
happyishturtle
FUCK YOU
inquisitivespaniards
SovereignofSilence
FUCK YOU X2
DrunkCoyote
FUCK YOU X3
PlayboyGotzMonay
1. F 2. U 3. C 4. K 5. Y 6. O 7. U
happyishturtle
Since planets shouldnt have the same name- 1. F 2. U 3. C 4. K 5. Y 6. O 7. U2
blackguard89
Some poor aliens 2000 yrs from now gona get rick rolled
YodasLeftEar
if we beam them right now, its only 40 years
YodasLeftEar
more like 700 000 years. yep.
TechnicallyRight
RICKROLLED THROUGH SPACE *ECHO* SPACE SPACE
AlfredWaffleVIII
"Sir, the humans are trying to send us a message." "Put it on the screen helmsman."
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
I love you guys. +1's on me!
AlfredWaffleVIII
blackguard89
BartanicGarden
I ain’t gonna give you no tree fiddy.
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
OopsImAPumpkin
Why not after the Egyptian God's? Amun, Anubis, Horus, Isis, Bastet, Nephthys, Osiris
wearekj21
and rename the star Khepri
TheJazzGhost
It's a good idea, but I would be very surprised if at least one of those names haven't already been used for other celestial bodies.
Cicilla
I think Osiris is a star somewhere
HeyItsHerrTrigger
It is.
OopsImAPumpkin
OR Norse Gods: Odin, Thor, Baldur, Loki, Frigging, Njord, Freyr, Freya
nordicfatcheese
Norse realms (Asgard, Midgard, Niflheim, Jotunheim, etc) and name the star Yggdrasil. The two realms that don't get a planet can get moons.
Blrp0
Or name the star Muspelheim (the fiery place). Midgard is already taken because that's us. 7+1+1 = all nine realms.
nordicfatcheese
Perfect.
ISmellManFlesh
That sounds Friggin' great
Znayx
Damn you said it first
thelonelybrit
Do you want Goa'ld? Because this is how you get Goa'uld.
SureGoAheadAsshole
How does NASA throw a party? They planet!
MethDating
Ctrl+c? Ctrl+v!
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
Ha!
TheVelureFog
This contest seems like a real belt made of watches
TheVelureFog
It's a waist of time
Stevetheuncomfortable
that's 8
YoOmarsComin
,
Arcfluke
Sun, I am proud
babamulon
Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits. I miss George Carlin.
Znayx
That's the one
TheMexicanStaringFrog0fSouthernSriLanka
This was my idea as well
Mandra1337
I would prefer: Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman
ageekwithadream
"I live on Na" "This Na?" "No, that one!"
IStillGiveOutDickPics
"I live on na, wanna come over?" "Na? Nah."
Mandra1337
I didn't think that far but it makes it even funnier.
TheBannedOne2
That's foolish, who wants to live on a planet named after Sodium?
Mandra1337
Maybe Batman?
TheBannedOne2
Or Saltbae?
Mandra1337
Holy cow, didnt expect that
SorDavos
Said the ape living on Planet Dirt.
PMmeyourshatteredhopesanddreams
roses, are, red, clowns, don't, get, magnets #7NamesFor7NewPlanets
HD226868
Okay, THAT is really clever.
AwesomeDude1
Ayyyy
UntitledUnmasteredDeluxe
A wordsmith
TheFloristFriar
Can someone explain? My friend doesn't get it
NewGoProAttachment
1. Insane clown posse sung "magnets, how do they work". 2. He has created a rhyme in what he posted.
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
Roses are red / Clowns don't get magnets / 7 new names for / 7 new planets
MonsterKittens
"Fucking Magnets, how do they work?" - The Insane Clown Posse
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
Oh! I always thought it was something Jaden Smith said.
Bartman427
They should go for Norse gods. Who wouldn't want to go to planet thor
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
Or Norse worlds. Niflheim, Muspelheim, Jotunheim, Vanaheim, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, Helheim. Call the star Yggdrasil. :D
SamaelTheVenomOfGod
Fuck yes!
Bartman427
YESSS!!!
nordicfatcheese
That's perfect.
AlanRodriguezSz
Yeos
Zixtank
Love it!!
Zahnradfee
And where is Asgard?
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
A moon, maybe? Midgard is Earth, so we can't use that.
Zahnradfee
Figured that much. But missing Asgard.
swinglinered
Midgard could be a sort of Earth Themepark in a pocket dimension.
Ghi3
how cool would that be to live on a planet literally being called "pizza planet"
HungryPumpkn
Then it turns out to be inhospitable to tomato plants.
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
So like Greenland being icy and Iceland being green
azureraptor
Turtle astronauts everywhere.
METAAAAAAAAAL
Only if Ananas can't grow there.
cosmicmatt
You speak the highest form of heresy. PRAISE BE TO THE PINEAPPLE GODS, may they shine their light upon the pizza of infidels.
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
+1 for Ananas. "Pineapple" is fucking stupid.
SomewhereBetweenTheSacredSilenceAndSleep
Google pijnappel
SomewhereBetweenTheSacredSilenceAndSleep
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/pijnappel
honeyleaf
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doctorwoohooo
you should really be zero based.
ahbiteme
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Kodaxmax
New folder
keppay
Sounds like modern painting names
itsafeaturenotabug
UNTITLED-9-RECOVERED should be the new name for pluto
BRVLTLTSTR
This
BattleReadyPenguin
Why not name it after the seven wonders of the world, I've heard it to be a popular opinion.
loltard
Your mom's 7 dildos?
CacheMonet
because king kong is gonna be pissed
Qualtagh
At least some of those have surely been used for other planets
OneMoreRide
I only know Stevie. Who are the other six?
TheRealHMint
What if it turns out in 50 years there were 2 more planets?
thegr8rambino
Howbout cool names from halo like decided heart or penitent tangent or new Paris or something lol
ChestyNuttFlaps
New Harmony, Harvest, Reach, Arcadia
thegr8rambino
Lol yes
InterfaceLoading
So either: Giza, Babylon, Olympia, Ephesus, Halicarnassus, Rhodes, Alexandria, or: (1/2)
InterfaceLoading
Agra, Petra, Changcheng, Corcovado, Cusco, Tinum and Roma.
sciencebasedlifeform
cheddar, brie, swiss, roquefort, Limburger, feta, 'merican
NevermindThatShitHereComesMongo
because only 1 of those still even exists?
iNiGHTS
Ah yes, lets name a planet "Great wall of China"
ThirstyForYourPee
.
iNiGHTS
Ah yes, lets name a planet "Great wall of China"
AegonTargaryenTheSixthOfHisName
*
VarS311
Because when teleportation is real it will be confusing
InTheDistanceAPlaintiveEnglishHorn
But which name to which?? Do we just choose at random? Maybe we should learn more about them before naming them.
harassmentford
pyramid, garden, statue, books, this rock, stonededge?
REV076
I like GoT planets though.
DontBeSheep
Modern or ancient?
a4tsyus34name
Ancient obviously. It would be weird calling a planet "CNN".
didgythebat
Someone suggested naming them after the Challenger astronauts. That was my personal favorite.
TheSubterrelProspector
It's a nice gesture but the names aren't epic enough.
parastratiosphecomyiasphecomyioides
But then you'll have a planet called the Great Wall of China.
GwenShepard1
not if you choose from the original ones
parastratiosphecomyiasphecomyioides
So then you'll have a planet called the mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the great pyramid of Giza.
LokiKingOfJotunheim
Or name it after some bad ass ships from sci fi novels and movies.
Soylencer
Millennium, Freelancer, Serenity, Enterprise, Nebuchadnezzar, Normandy, Mega Maid?
LokiKingOfJotunheim
We could name the least desirable one Miranda...
asdw152
Yes, posting for saving
Andromedator
I was thinking of naming them days if the week or colors of the rainbow :/
AwkwardLee
I will not live on Monday aka the blue planet.
InTheDistanceAPlaintiveEnglishHorn
but many days of the week are already names of planets! and they change depending on language.
GiddyKipper
There are many different versions of the Wonders
LewBear87
Also some were added. Andre the Giant was the 8th wonder of the world. I want to live on planet Andre.
AndreKroon
...That would be fucking perfect...
ISmellManFlesh
It'd be great if there was a gaseous planet. "Andre the Gas Giant"
VitusApollo
Gotta give it to the largest planet of the 7 so people still refer to it as Andre the Giant.
EvenSpeedwagon
Collosus of Rhodes tho. . .
AwkwardLee
Love this idea. I'd love to be an Artemisian.
Soylencer
Artemite.
NotACanadian
If you were from Rhodes, you'd be a Rodian!
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Or the 7 most popular Belgian beers. After all, the system name is Trappist and those guys make great beer.
ZRod
That's the first thing I thought of when I read Trappist as well.
thegreatfrenchcheeses
So... Jupiler, Stella, Delirium, Bacchus, Leffe, Orval & Duvel
WelgianBaffles
Orval, West-vletteren, Westmalle, Rochefort, Chimay, Achel en dan nog een zevende want we hebben maar zes trappisten damnit
thegreatfrenchcheeses
Jama die namen zijn ni epic genoeg! Wel goegaan op West-Vleteren als planeet ahaha
SergeantFiddler
You lost me about half way
WelgianBaffles
I was summing up all Belgian trappist beers. Than said we needed a seventh one because there are only 6 Belgian trappists. Damnit.
EndersGameofThrones
1. Up 2. Down 3. Up Down 4. Left 5. Right 6. B, A 7. Start
johnnydarkko
nice, now we got 30 more planets
cousteau
Honestly I was sold when I saw the seven deadly sins
cousteau
Or the seven deadly dwarves.
InglouriousTarantino
Neil DeGrasse Tyson suggested we name them after the seven dwarves, since the sun is a dwarf star. I kinda like that idea too.
Mcshmile
I don't want to live on planet sneezy
votfgz
Seven Fathers of the Dwarves would be an interesting idea, but I believe only Durin's name is given.
chiefs86
Durin I, Durin II, Durin III, Durin IV, Durin V, Durin VI (bonus moon: Durin's Bane), and Durin the Last IMO
StandardDeviant
But what if the colonies rebel? "Breaking news: the Sneezians are rioting outside the earth embassy, reinforcements have been sent from Doc"
InglouriousTarantino
This is all assuming we are ever going to be able to colonize these planets.
superbest
Sounds like a futurama episode
ImLukeSkywalkerImHereToRescueYou
Nobody would take Dopey seriously.
StandardDeviant
Or anyone born on Dopey, since they would be called Dopians
pyronoia
And that would be their undoing...
Appleith
Giza, Babylon, Artemis, Zeus, Halicarnassus, Colossus, and Alexandria?
ChestyNuttFlaps
Sounds fucking badass
ChestyNuttFlaps
Sounds fucking badass
Appleith
But most of these are already in use.
roseheartimgur
Someone should start a petition.
isaydefy
That's my personal favorite idea. Although the deadly sins also appeal to me. It would be badass. "Where do you live?" "Oh I'm on wrath."
PizzaSlutForever
I'm moving to Gluttony, South of Sloth.
aPokal
Mars?
NeroSphere
That's 7 deadly sins not wonders of the world. But sins is better
ashmenon
You know we'd all be on Sloth and Gluttony.
RedWingsofSteel
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL GOD!
MrPoopyDickButt
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD THRONE!
scrotumflee
MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES
xWonko
those sound awful
MrPoopyDickButt
WHEELS FOR THE CHOAS COASTER
SweetPotatoSmallPotato
I like the Harry Potter horcruxes one
chromofoam
But then that system would be the Rowling system.....copyright 2017
noctynight
Nah, doesn't sound poetic enough.
TheodoreBuckland
12, Anger street, Ire city, Furious County, on Wrath.
Daffodildoe
"babe, are you still mad?"
PolarHailStorm
Is that before or after Vexation Way?
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
This vexes me
ThreeLordesLong
FURY ROAD.
Gayforbae
Missed opportunity
goatmug2
I smell a future black mirror episode
JacobStevens
The planets main export is grapes
Heavymettle
What is this? A Nippon Ichi Software game?
z90xLG
Sounds like the beginning of a fantasy sci fi universe
AP777
Right out of Star Trek.
PureShenanigans
Oh to be a Wrathling, sounds glorious.
IncreasingChaos
Wrathling rush
Runikal
Slothling
PureShenanigans
MagnumSandpaper
Dibs on planet sloth
DukeDarkwood
HEEEY YOOOU GUUUYS! http://healthygeek.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/super-sloth.jpg
AjaxOathbreaker
With an attitude like that you are way too much of a go getter for sloth
Mushroombadger
I hate to sound like a bore but I feel like this is something you shouldn't have connotation for any religion.
Hayashima
Uhhh... Not to ruin your day or anything, but the planets in our solar system are named after ancient Roman gods.
HesGotTwoFirstNames
Except for Earth. Earth means dirt.
Mushroombadger
I'm well aware of that. It's kind of different than us just picking a religion in our modern secular society and naming things after that.
LocoLatino69
I don't understand, explain how it's different?
LePiggy
I think the seven deadly sins are universal as a concept, no longer really hitched to religon
ZorkFox
I was hoping someone would choose the virtues instead, but they were all cynical. :(
ravensteel539
So then i'm definitely being sent to Sloth...
NotACanadian
Giza, Babylon, Olympia, Ephesus, Halicarnassus, Rhodes, Alexandria?
MrMaRzZ
You forgot op's mom
PrivateOwl
This
emparier
*the pyramids of giza have been built in a faraway land*
MattTheShy
I would live on all of these. At the same time.
MinisterKai
I could get behind that
HellaPictureSeeing
.
RaptorBadgerDiscoTek
The dopest of shit.
Dotsbros4Lyfe
.
imjustkitten
.
Thewrathofpootiepoot
Seven Deadly Wonders, anyone?
OctopusOccult
Thank you civilization for making me know all of these
MrsNinja
Petra?
Eowyneb
This! Go post it in their site!
Threadnomancer
Jesus fuck that sounds awesome for a system
JamesFK58
Send to NASA now
dekleinesmiley
Yes! İ need to write this down
kittyperfect
Love this fuckin idea. All for it! Post it on there twitter!
TheWaffleWalrus
I prefer Colossus to Rhodes, cause it's not already a place and it'll be the odd one out to annoy pedantic ppl. Other than that pretty dope
BioticFactor
This. I want this.
GrimRiderJ
I dig it
blameitonmyjuice
Those sound so regal and magical. I'm down!
surprisemotherfuckers
goddamn it, i'm not going to find sacred stones or something on those planets, right?
OnyZ
Add a 'New' in front of each and we good.
WhiteWizerd
Awesome. I'd live on any one of those planets
Rox2
Winner winner chicken dinner
Dreamdayer
If Olympia has moons I vote we name them Titania & Britannia - Olympic & Britannic were the sister ships of the Titanic.
AmurTiger
I'd rather not mix up references. Olympia related things should be related to the ancient city.
gaijiin
Athena, Vesta, Odin, Osiris, Shiva, Ishtar, Gavri'el.. Greek, Roman, Norse, Egypt, Hindu, Ancient Assyria, Biblical Hebrew.
gaijiin
and the sun should be called Amaterasu.
Thelegaldeagle
Or Amun'Ra.
Bluejay939
Can we save comments?
HellaPictureSeeing
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anewshineything
Yes. .
Phuseos
Its called a .
Bluejay939
There should be a better way
NotACanadian
@sarah Favorite/save comments when?
SnarkyScience
Better than Pyramid, Garden, Statue, Temple, Mausoleum, Colossus, Library.
downofathistle
Nah I prefer your one.
BurningDownTheHouse
Living on planet colossus does sound hella badass though
everythingisalieexceptthestuffthatisnt
Lighthouse*. Library is not a great wonder, just a well remembered library
SnarkyScience
I stand corrected.
everythingisalieexceptthestuffthatisnt
tbf, it probably should have been, considering how we all still know what it was.
TheJazzGhost
I love it. This is the one.
HoganScienceFair
Wait...if aliens did help build some wonders of the world wouldn't naming potential colonies just be playing right into their hands?
nuplsstahp
If we figure out interplanetary travel in the future, people can say cool shit like "I'm going to planet Olympia"
AlwaysTakeABananaToAParty
I HAIL FROM PLANET HALICARNASSUS. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD.
ComradeJenkens
Pretty sure the system with Olympia is owned by the Iron Warriors not the World Eaters...
thecomminator
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE.
ff7cstrife
H, A, R, A, M, B, E
FireEmblemFates
Stop
thegr8rambino
HAHAHAHHA
MannOfLuck
RAMBE
thegr8rambino
MBE
ScotchnCigars
Or the ancient wonders. How badass would a planet be if it's name was Collosus of Rhodes?
FsImgur
Biggus Dickus?
Calmeister
Wow those names sounds so Battlestar-ish like we are basically retconning the 12 colonies into 7 planets.
DamnItTrudyWhatAboutThePineapple
As someone from Rhodes... Yes, please?
ScotchnCigars
Similarly, Halicarnassus has a sinister sound to it too.
a4tsyus34name
Halicarnassus sounds like a fake planet from Star Wars that was used for some Death Star-esque weapon
johnsza
The hanging gardens isn't nearly as intimidating.
ScotchnCigars
Or they could act on the word hanging and make it terrifying....
johnsza
There we go. The hanging gardens of Mississippi?
Apothneskeis
For a trappist system there ought to be more beer names
ImNotAlwaysAnAsshole
I'll take The Rapist for 400$ Alec
BillHaleyandHisBANNEDComments2
finally someone said it
kharmatika
It took me so long to find out that the "weird amount of craft beer posts" I'd been seeing were related to the new planets.
sixdb
I heard an interview on NPR right after the announcement, and one of the scientists admitted that that was their plan but were told "no"
OSCgal
That's a shame! There's been a lot of theme naming in astronomy, and this could lead to a star system named entirely after food.
LN2S
Would love to go to a cheesy planet someday
swinglinered
moon?
imgursample
TRAPPIST Bear, TRAPPIST Rabbit, TRAPPIST Squirrel, TRAPPIST Racoon, TRAPPIST Beaver, TRAPPIST Coyote, TRAPPIST All dem critters.
BEERMEBR0
JustAnotherBelgian
As a belgian, I agree: Orval, Westmalle, Rochefort, Achelle, westvleteren, trappe and Chimay should be the names (trappist biers)
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JustAnotherBelgian
I prefer the 10, but an excellent beer nonetheless. Plus my first name is the same name as the abbaye :-D
TinyLiehon
1. Bier, 2. Drink, 3. Je, 4. Met, 5. Verstand, 6. begrepen, 7. ?
HendrikJan
1-way ticket to Orval please!
TheFabulousFuehrer
As a German, you guys make the best beer hands down. I'd shank a bitch for some Chimay. <3
Metals4J
What?! Traitor! Such speech is a slap in the face of the Reinheitsgebot! (But seriously, I'd love some Chimay.)
Usernamepeenwastaken
Kwak
Ohond
Perhaps my favorite. Yes, probably my favorite. I'll have to keep checking though.
Usernamepeenwastaken
tis my favorite.
HendrikJan
1-way ticket to Orval please!
maniabass
*Achel
JustAnotherBelgian
Yeah i know, i'm not very familiar with this one
maniabass
No problem JizzBender!
kronos001
Yep. And now I need to make a 192 phone calls to get a Westvleteren appointment.
citizentrain
As a dutchie: Thanks for including us. Since NASA found them, I think one of them should be Spencer though. http://imgur.com/oyi0DBI
Nolenag
ESA found the system, NASA took a closer look.
JustAnotherBelgian
I was citing them from the top of my head, didn't know they did a trappist in the US TMYK
doughnutz
yay la trappe! so good. better stuff than achel and orval imho.
Fatchouz
Better stuff than Orval ?! I died a little inside...
doughnutz
Lol srry! I <3 orval too. I don't mean there's a "better" belgian pale. But I just prefer la trappe's solid offerings across a variety.
YoScott
Spencer beer is nowhere close to the quality of the big Trappists listed above.
osaruyo
Why the downvotes? It's true...
Amajor
Technically, it was our university in liège that found it :)
SjorsM
I think he was thanking you for including Trappe even though we didn't do anything in finding these.
DukeDarkwood
Actually, I was gonna go with the von Trapp children. There are seven! Only question becomes, do we go with the real or film set of names?
DukeDarkwood
Real: Rupert, Agathe, Maria, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, Martina.
DukeDarkwood
Film: Friedrich, Liesl, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, Gretl.
myfoodisproblematic
It bothers me that these aren't in age order. I also wonder why they changed the names for the movie.
DukeDarkwood
The real ones are in age order, and these are listed to match the order of the others. Is the age order somehow different in the film!?
myfoodisproblematic
Only the oldest 2 are switched. I guess so liesel could have her love story without it being too creepy
thecutelittlejewbear
I saw someone make a comment that they should be named after the 7 astronauts that died in the Challenger explosion. Seems perfect.
Eowyneb
That sounds like a great idea!
ltsDizzyD
yes, debate over.
ChefObvious
Ah, but the counterpoint is: what about Columbia?
nagriffin
That one would be full of sky racists
ChefObvious
I don't get that. Please explain.
LordIggy
He's making a reference to Bioshock Infinite, a game which features an American Exceptionalist society in a floating city named Columbia.
ChefObvious
Ah, thank you! Never played the game, so I missed the reference.
Zahnradfee
We need to find 7 more planets for them.
gingerladybug
I call dibs on living on Jarvis
YouThinkThatsBad
There's a Jarvis train stop in Chicago you can live near for relatively cheap.
gingerladybug
Good idea
waterbottlewhale
It does
Dreamdayer
I disagree.
TheJudgeHasItBackwards
Ok, but why not Armstrong, Lovell, Glenn, Aldrin, ect?
HyperdeemicNerdal
That's a good idea.
KingNyuels
Challenger was a NASA mission. These planets were discovered by ESA, so I would like something more Europe/ESA-related.
NeverGetsTheNuke
But America is great again!
Zahnradfee
As a European, I'd like to see more internationalism in space research. These astronauts were pioneers of humankind and I wouldn't care >
Zahnradfee
about which part of our tiny rock they came from exactly. I'd be ok with naming the planets for them.
NatureIsFirst
Why is NASA asking for the name suggestions on twitter then? Not the ESA?
kuschku
Because international cooperation is a thing, and NASA has a larger presence in the US.
NatureIsFirst
Gotcha
UrbanSatyr
Yeah just like NASA should always name things based on America like all those Roman deities... wait.
Promethianfire
Plague, Inquisition, Petty Rivalry, Autocracy, Colonialism, Genocide, Free Healthcare. (amidoinitrite?)
theoiulkj
Pretty sure doctor who should be in there somewhere.
Kevincatalan
Hahahaha this got me. +1
shadowex3
Only if (amidoinitrite?) is something's moon.
Holobit
We are talking about planets outside of our solar system, planets that might one day save human race, don't cling to geopolitical divisions.
Mistakeeee
Its going to be like the age of colonisation all over again.
RomanadvoratrelundarTimeLord
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around ->
RomanadvoratrelundarTimeLord
I can't find anything that states ESA found them. Did I miss something? Everything online says NASA.
KingNyuels
Astronomers at ESO found the first 3 planets ( http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1615/ ) - afterwards they asked NASA to use "Spitzer"
KingNyuels
the resulting data was evaluated by ESA. As NASA itself states "NASA Telescope discoveres ..." - article in French:
RomanadvoratrelundarTimeLord
I see, thanks. I couldn't find a clear answer after searching online.
KahSeven
Lovely, sensible idea but not sure they make for good planet names: Smith, Scobee, McNair, Onizuka, McAuliffe, Jarvis, Resnik.
sulfuratus
Jarvis actually sounds pretty good
greggor
Those are perfect planet names. I would only change Smith to Smith's Planet.
GH05TY
We already have town names like that, why not planets? (Also, they all have asteroids named after them already.)
WowWhatAWhore
Scobee, Nair, Onizuka, Auliffe, Jarvis and Resnik work.
DickPicEnthusiast
And maybe Nasa can cut a sponsorship deal with Nair™
theovermynd
Aside from Smith I see no problem with those planet names.
yamiseirei
Im all for scobee
Bezaid
I would love to live on Planet Smith.
waterbottlewhale
Please, they named a planet Uranus
DemoB0y
He was a God before he was your arsehole. #perspective.
waterbottlewhale
#thatistrue
Textuality
We named our planet "Dirt", why wouldn't any of those be good planet names? :)
CziltangBrone
When we get out in space, and start talking to other races, I vote we NOT admit we named home "dirt"... let's call it Gaia instead. M'kay?
shadowex3
We named dirt after our planet. Also we're known as Terra in the Sol System.
Textuality
Terra is just the Latin word for dirt. :)
shadowex3
fuck
thecutelittlejewbear
Not trying to be rude but I didn't realize there were such things as "good planet names". It would be a great way to honor them.
z3lfmoord
You're not an astronomer then
Stelmacki
Not trying to be rude, but how did you NOT realize that?
155DangerClose
Where do you live? Oh I live on the planet john...see where that can make for a poor naming system?
odraencoded
When is your birthday? Oh, it's JULY. Really? Mine is in AUGUST.
Arconyte
With the exception of Earth, OUR PLANETS ARE LITERALLY NAMED AFTER PEOPLE. DO YOU NOT SEE THE IRONY.
155DangerClose
Gods* kind of a big difference
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Well, there's always their standard name, so you could say Trappist-1b instead of Smith. Or maybe they'll get nicknames.
sharkhugs
So it'd be all the cool astronaut names but we change Smith
cfallas
Well there is a planet named Uranus.
HolyLemons
There are other languages than English tho.
wellthisjustgotinteresting
Considering I always pronounce it "Oo-rah-noose", I don't see a problem.
XigTek
Except the word Uranus is not pronounced as 'Your Anus'. 'Ur-unus' not 'Uraynus'
blahtotheblahblah
I'm sorry, but scientists actually renamed Uranus to finally end that awful joke once and for all. It's called Urectum now.
Sacurason
Yeah dude, I live on Planet Dick!
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy
Just like @OP's mom
helgur
Not entirely unrelated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7fYb7fdDws
ImmaNeedBoutTreeFiddy