[quote]Astronomers have spotted the most Earth-like planet to date, a massive ocean world that probably has an atmosphere and — though it’s highly unlikely — may support life. And it needs a better name.
For now, GJ 1214b is tagged according to standard exoplanetary nomenclature: the technical name of the star it orbits, plus a letter to signify the order of its discovery. (The letter “a” is reserved for the star itself.) It’s a name only a committee could love, and hardly appropriate to the discovery’s emotional resonance.
“We’ve been finding exciting planets for 50 years, and we’re still calling them by these terrible catalog names,” said David Charbonneau, a Harvard University astronomer who helped discover GJ 1214b, but doesn’t even have a nickname for it. “I have three young daughters, and I think they might be inspired by a better name.”
To help David out, we’re asking you to submit your own names for this watery super-Earth. Jump in!
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Source: [url]http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/name-that-waterworld[/url]
Seems Reach is winning (not a terrible name, but there should be better ones out there.)
I'd prefer if they called it Terminus.
furries have friends
haha, oh how i make myself laugh, the jokes these days
Why not just call it Waterworld?
Uninhabitable.
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[QUOTE=gamefreek76;19305569]Why not just call it Waterworld?[/QUOTE]
Copyright laws.
I say we call it "Aria"
inb4 bandwagoners
I'm guessing some Halo fan got his friends to submit Reach.
Would be a cool name for a planet though. We can start training Spartans.
Xen
Fish Town.
Everyone on there is voting for Reach :l
[QUOTE=faze;19305570]Uninhabitable.
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Copyright laws.[/QUOTE]
I'd like to see one person complain about having a fucking [I]planet[/I] named after one of your works.
Awesome. The name, Must be Awesome.
Seriously, The name has to be the word Awesome.
Doesn't matter what we call it now, it'll be called Earth once we're done with it :clint:
God damn Bungie.net raid
surfin usa
Reaaaaaaaaaaach !!!!
CADIA
capslock40k
Colbert Nation will probably be on this soon
What about calling it Aqua?
I say we name it Sparta
Name it Garry's World or Faceplanet.
Reach is fucking stupid if we name it that I'm gonna' glass it.
[QUOTE=Neddy;19305760]Reaaaaaaaaaaach !!!![/QUOTE]
You're a faggot. No video game names
Also Xeor would be cool aswell.
[QUOTE=Dr.C;19305799]Colbert Nation will probably be on this soon[/QUOTE]
I pray.
Waterus Planetus
Pandora
We should call it Facepunch.
Bob. The most generic name there is. I say we name the planet Bob.
Appolonia
fucking halo fans ruining a perfectly good world with the shitty names from their shitty games.
[QUOTE=zin908;19305858]We should call it Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
Imagine somebody saying
"Let's go to the underwater city Facepunch for a holiday"
"Mum, I don't want to go there"
"Why not"
"I heard that Chuck Norris punches you in the face on entry"
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