# Renaming the planet Earth?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [April 20, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091 "2015-04-20T03:14:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/1 "2015-04-20T03:14:48Z")
My choices are the following:
1. War World
2. Apokolips
3. Planet X
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### Author:  [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/2 "2015-04-20T03:19:49Z")
Following the naming convention of sports stadiums, I’m thinking at some point in the future it will be either Time Warner Planet or Comcast Planet.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/3 "2015-04-20T03:29:20Z")
Terra
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/4 "2015-04-20T03:36:35Z")
Since the Earth is female, I propose Helen Earth.
_flees_
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/5 "2015-04-20T03:44:44Z")
When Herschel discovered Uranus, he originally wanted to name it after King George III. His astronomer buddies talked him out of it, presumably because they thought having a planet called “George” would be a bit silly. Then again, “Uranus” is arguably even sillier, so who knows how their logic went.
Anyway. Bottom line (no pun): I still really want a planet called “George”. So that’s my vote.
George. And I will hug it, and squeeze it…
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/6 "2015-04-20T04:21:15Z")
We could combine the suggestions for naming the planet Time Warner or Georgia and name it Ted Turner.
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/7 "2015-04-20T04:48:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Since the Earth is female, I propose Helen Earth.
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> _flees_
This one took me a while.
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### Author:  [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/8 "2015-04-20T06:16:17Z")
What ever language has the prettiest sounding word that means “Home”.
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/9 "2015-04-20T06:25:34Z")
Houston.
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### Author:  [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/10 "2015-04-20T07:07:40Z")
Goawaywe’refull.
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/11 "2015-04-20T07:16:46Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#):
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> Goawaywe’refull.
That just makes it even less likely for aliens to come visit.
And I want to meet aliens. Sure, they may wipe us out or enslave us, but at least it would be something new and interesting happening. And maybe they’ll be benevolent and help us cure cancer. Who knows?
So I’d go for something more attractive.
“Starbucks”?
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### Author:  [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/12 "2015-04-20T07:21:15Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> Houston.
_We have a problem_ with that.
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### Author:  [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/13 "2015-04-20T11:10:26Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> When Herschel discovered Uranus, he originally wanted to name it after King George III. His astronomer buddies talked him out of it, presumably because they thought having a planet called “George” would be a bit silly. Then again, “Uranus” is arguably even sillier, so who knows how their logic went.
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> Anyway. Bottom line (no pun): I still really want a planet called “George”. So that’s my vote.
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> George. And I will hug it, and squeeze it…
Referring to Uranus as “The Georgian planet” was actually pretty common for a while
> **[Google Books Ngram Viewer](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Georgian%2Bplanet%2Cplanet%2BUranus&year_start=1750&year_end=1900&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CGeorgian%20planet%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cplanet%20Uranus%3B%2Cc0)**
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> Google Ngrams: Georgian planet, planet Uranus, 1750-1900
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### Author:  [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/14 "2015-04-20T11:14:43Z")
Dirt, Blackstuff.
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### Author:  [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/15 "2015-04-20T11:20:51Z")
Apple.
They have a lot of moola.
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### Author:  [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/16 "2015-04-20T12:31:49Z")
[Will Komta Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfPWpEKhgfk).
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### Author:  [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/17 "2015-04-20T13:18:12Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#):
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> When Herschel discovered Uranus, he originally wanted to name it after King George III. His astronomer buddies talked him out of it, presumably because they thought having a planet called “George” would be a bit silly. Then again, “Uranus” is arguably even sillier, so who knows how their logic went.
There is some discussion of changing the name due to all the jokes. One it passes, the seventh planet will be known as “Urectum”.
As for our planet, I propose the following names:
Googlesphere
Earth (a Walmart Company)
New York (since it’s at the center of the universe anyway)
Duhrth
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/18 "2015-04-20T13:52:18Z")
Ocean.
For the sake of accuracy.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/19 "2015-04-20T14:29:22Z")
Another division of Koch Enterprises.
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaming-the-planet-earth/718091/20 "2015-04-20T14:39:54Z")
Terra.
Because it’s already terraformed. All we have to do is not screw it up.
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