# What should we call the new ninth planet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710 "2016-01-20T21:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/41 "2016-01-21T05:21:03Z")
**Anastasia Beaverhausen** Or, from a different mythology, **Amaterasu**. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/42 "2016-01-21T06:43:57Z")
Rupert. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/43 "2016-01-21T07:28:43Z")
Just don’t call it late for dinner! ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/44 "2016-01-21T07:49:52Z")
Ix [mass]_[mean distance from the sun]_[year discovered] Welcome Thank You, Come Again Stay Away Idiots Up Ahead ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/45 "2016-01-21T08:00:32Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Ziggy +1 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/46 "2016-01-21T08:07:26Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Planet X, the only known source of the Shaving Creme Atom. No more Illudium Phosdex? ---
**Author:** ![Blackstock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/47 "2016-01-21T08:17:33Z")
Rosebud ---
**Author:** ![irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/48 "2016-01-21T08:33:46Z")
Mabel ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/49 "2016-01-21T09:19:06Z")
nonexistica. I really don’t believe it. These things have been studied before. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/50 "2016-01-21T09:29:56Z")
Just need to think like marketing execs here. How about… "I Can’t Believe It’s Not Pluto!"™ ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/51 "2016-01-21T11:11:06Z")
[Ethan Siegel](http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/01/20/not-so-fast-why-there-likely-isnt-a-large-planet-beyond-pluto/#4937b51d5af47d3837e5af43) on why we shouldn’t get too excited just yet. Otherwise, though, this: > [@Shoujin](#): > > Yuggoth. > > Lovecraft was right. is clearly the right answer. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/52 "2016-01-21T12:40:52Z")
Krypton. But- can it be established that it has cleared its orbit? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/53 "2016-01-21T12:47:53Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > Personally I think the sisterhood is a bit underrepresented in the planets, so I’d call it Juno. Or you could complete the Archaic Triad with Mars and Jupiter and call it Quirinus. I suppose Isis is out of the question? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Goofy. This. It’s got my vote. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/54 "2016-01-21T13:07:49Z")
You’re all wrong. It obviously should be named Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/55 "2016-01-21T13:23:02Z")
Tyson, so it remains a planet. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/56 "2016-01-21T15:22:53Z")
Bubba ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/57 "2016-01-21T15:29:14Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > Carmen Sandiego I asked my eight-year-old what we should call it, and she said _“Captain America.”_ I asked her why, and she said _“Because it sounds cool.”_ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/58 "2016-01-21T15:46:34Z")
Planet Claire? (Actually I like “Planet Janet” better) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/59 "2016-01-21T15:55:05Z")
Well, if there’s a bright center to our solar system, this planet is farthest from it, right? So, Tattooine? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710/60 "2016-01-21T16:00:26Z")
Myanus, so school boys we could have a whole new line of jokes - “No probe is going to Myanus, we’re sending it to Uranus instead!”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-call-the-new-ninth-planet/743710.md?page=4)