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Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Pegasus V on February 05, 2004, 12:03:18 am: If a planet was discovered (say a decade from now by the Terrestrial Planet Finder telescope) and was shown to be able to support life, what would you like it to be named?

eg.

God Names: Apollo, Prometheus, etc
Geographical Names: New Australis, New Mesopotamia, etc
Classical Names: Terra Nova, Earth 2, etc
Biblical Names: Eden, etc
Legendary Names: Hercules, Qin, Atlantis, etc
Pioneer Names: Gagarin, Armstrong, etc
Appearance Names: Shoalhaven, Greenville, etc

I'm interested in your opinion or any other suggestions you may have. Thanks.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Ace on February 05, 2004, 12:31:20 am: Completely unrealated to your main topic, but I checked your FSURP link, and that FSURP is definately true to the nature of the one originally made years ago.

A good list of canon info from the games. Mixed in with info from some of the other lists made (such as ships destroyed in FS1/2, when the techs were available to the player, etc.) it would be a great resource.

It's also good to see the Serkr warhead getting some notice :) (random speculation with no basis: An early Meson bomb prototype?)

As for a new planet, the name will most likely be sold to help pay for the space program. Welcome to planet Halliburton anyone?
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Turnsky on February 05, 2004, 12:35:58 am: Bob :p

seriously.. Aurora or somesuch.. whereabouts is it?
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Black Wolf on February 05, 2004, 02:44:45 am: Peg! You're back! :eek:
*Thought you'd gone for good*

Are you planning on sticking around?

As for the name, it's depend on a lot of things - would the TPF be entirely automated, or require human operators/data interpreters? If the latter, the person who first realized the planet was there'd probably name it. Alternately it'd probably get "##Name of Star## Prime" until a bit more was known about it, and a more suitable name could be chosen.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Setekh on February 05, 2004, 02:58:05 am: Pegasus, welcome back dude. Haven't seen you for a while. :) Uhhh, I'm a sucker for the Latin stuff. Terra Australis!!
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: demon442 on February 05, 2004, 06:43:11 am: I'd really like to see a new human world named Armstrong, if only to remember the first man to set foot on a celestial body. But if we ever get arround to terraforming mars, the name of the first human on Mars would also be nice.

PS: Welcome Back!
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: DragonClaw on February 05, 2004, 07:00:44 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh
Terra Australis!!

Blasphemy! :p

But really, the name of the planet would probably be up to the country(or organization) that found it. I doubt Australia would. ;)
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: aldo_14 on February 05, 2004, 07:04:02 am: Please God, not Planet Bush....
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: pyro-manic on February 05, 2004, 07:15:49 am: I think there'd probably be a different set of conventions for each system. It's gods for Sol - possibly mythical places? So you'd have Valhalla, Atlantis, Elysium, etc.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: J3Vr6 on February 05, 2004, 07:23:38 am: why not the name of the person who discovered it? Isn't it how it is now when a new meteor is found or something?

IF not, then I go for what demon said.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Turnsky on February 05, 2004, 07:47:24 am: Quote
Originally posted by J3Vr6
why not the name of the person who discovered it? Isn't it how it is now when a new meteor is found or something?

IF not, then I go for what demon said.

what if the guy's name was something like..

"Rob roberts"

whaddya gonna call it then.. "Planet Bob"?:p

or, if the guy's name has got more lines of text in it than the bible? (overstatement, but you get my point):p
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Bobboau on February 05, 2004, 08:02:26 am: um... why not find out what the (completly human looking) people liveing there call it....
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Turnsky on February 05, 2004, 08:08:14 am: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau
um... why not find out what the (completly human looking) people liveing there call it....

the man has a point:nod:
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Flipside on February 05, 2004, 08:10:48 am: Call it Taros 334 or the like so that NASA scientists can have wet dreams about saying 'Set course for Taros 334, Warp 3'.

It just sounds right :P
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Bobboau on February 05, 2004, 08:19:57 am: in all honesty I think we have a nameing coonvention for this,
name of star-position in system, so if it's the fourth planet in the Vega system it would be called Vega-4
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Flipside on February 05, 2004, 08:45:04 am: Yes, that's correct :) I'm not sure whether Star Trek got it from Nasa, or vice versa, but I think we are stuck with it now :)
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: diamondgeezer on February 05, 2004, 09:31:37 am: I'm voting for 'Planet Bob' as well. Damn you Turnsky for getting that one in before me :)
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Woolie Wool on February 05, 2004, 10:37:10 am: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau
in all honesty I think we have a nameing coonvention for this,
name of star-position in system, so if it's the fourth planet in the Vega system it would be called Vega-4

No, it would be Vega IV.

Anyway, I would name it Valhalla.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: 01010 on February 05, 2004, 11:35:39 am: Planet ****offandleavemealoneyoudiseasedhumanscum
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: phreak on February 05, 2004, 11:57:05 am: or some corny '50s sci-fi

welcome to planet zorgon!!
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Ace on February 05, 2004, 01:04:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk
or some corny '50s sci-fi

welcome to planet zorgon!!

Nah, compounds used in food are even more fun for 50s pop scifi names:

Welcome to planet Xantham!
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Carl on February 05, 2004, 01:10:58 pm: http://optimalautobot.tripod.com/dvd/pics/titanae/bob.jpg
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: diamondgeezer on February 05, 2004, 02:09:28 pm: You want to call it Planet Image Hosted By Tripod?

Anyway, how come no-one's suggested Neo Terra?
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: neo_hermes on February 05, 2004, 05:36:39 pm: i prefer Terra Firma
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: aldo_14 on February 05, 2004, 06:10:59 pm: Planet Doom. Especially suitable if it's quite a nice place, like for going on holidays and such.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Carl on February 05, 2004, 06:56:39 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Ace
As for a new planet, the name will most likely be sold to help pay for the space program. Welcome to planet Halliburton anyone?

'pepsi presents new earth"
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: redsniper on February 05, 2004, 07:56:33 pm: how about Vasuda Prime?
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Beowulf on February 05, 2004, 09:31:47 pm: Random conglomerations of sylables:

Karkov
Redgar
Trantor!
Liiune
Tyrsar

etc...
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Shrike on February 05, 2004, 09:33:34 pm: Megalon 14.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Beowulf on February 05, 2004, 09:35:34 pm: Speaking of that, don't forget: Magellan! That should be the first terrestrial planet name! ;7
Title: Dammit!
Post by: Star Dragon on February 05, 2004, 10:05:53 pm: Turnsky beat me to it! PLANET BOB (from the cult of the subgenius)

Actually even if it had life on it, if we were technologicly superior we would enforce whatever values we wanted. That includes naming it... Humans are like that, look at the Native Americans. Three was no such thing AS a Native American until columbus claimed an INDIAN contenant and then only the settlers born there could be considered "native Americans". I don't know the various indiand names but I am sure they simply called the US "the land" or something along that vein...

Sorry but to me that is like one of the greatest insults you could inflict upon a people, taking away their identy and forcing them to adopt someone else's values.

(Warning South Park reference needed to decipher rest of post)

How would you like it if the Marklars came here and started telling you how your Marklar is no longer Marklar, but rather should be called Marklar. See? YOU wouldn't think it's very Marklar of the Marklars to rename YOUR marklar right? You'd be like "Hey you Marklars! Get the Marklar off our Marklar, and take your stupid Marklars and stick them up your Marklar!"

I rest my case., er, I mean Marklar! :p
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: redsniper on February 05, 2004, 10:26:58 pm: [SIZE=huge]:wtf:[/SIZE]
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: demon442 on February 05, 2004, 11:01:06 pm: W00T with the South Park, original ground-breaker and still funny.

Even if we find a habitable world tomorrow, Mars is still out of the question and leaving the solar system is at least half a century off. I say, until we can get there, don't bother to change the default NASA name.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Pegasus V on February 06, 2004, 12:23:48 am: Quote
Originally posted by Ace
Completely unrealated to your main topic, but I checked your FSURP link, and that FSURP is definately true to the nature of the one originally made years ago.

Thanks mate. I gave up ages ago, but enjoyed compiling it back then.

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Originally posted by Black Wolf
Peg! You're back!
*Thought you'd gone for good*
Are you planning on sticking around?

Hey man, how you going? Yeah, I might stick around for a while longer. Every now and then I've been checking the boards to see what's been happnin.

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...the person who first realized the planet was there'd probably name it. Alternately it'd probably get "##Name of Star## Prime" until a bit more was known about it, and a more suitable name could be chosen.

Nice idea...

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Originally posted by Setekh
Pegasus, welcome back dude. Haven't seen you for a while. Uhhh, I'm a sucker for the Latin stuff. Terra Australis!!

Thanks mate. Tis good to see you back too. :)

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Originally posted by demon442
PS: Welcome Back!

Thanks demon! :)

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Originally posted by DragonClaw
I doubt Australia would.

Don't be forgetting that Australia has a good share of the network. ie: Southern Hemisphere.

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Originally posted by pyro-manic
...So you'd have Valhalla, Atlantis, Elysium, etc.

Nice thought...

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Originally posted by Bobboau
in all honesty I think we have a nameing coonvention for this,
name of star-position in system, so if it's the fourth planet in the Vega system it would be called Vega-4 (IV)

Yeah, but what about all those stars that don't have a convention name like HP185763, etc...?
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: aldo_14 on February 06, 2004, 04:43:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Pegasus V

Yeah, but what about all those stars that don't have a convention name like HP185763, etc...?

Planet HP185763-1 :)
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: kode on February 06, 2004, 05:31:27 am: Arrakis, dune, desert planet.

or IX.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: icespeed on February 06, 2004, 05:47:53 am: Call it Heaven. Then you have Heaven and Earth.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Beowulf on February 06, 2004, 08:35:26 am: Quote
Originally posted by icespeed
Call it Heaven. Then you have Heaven and Earth.

:rolleyes:

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Woolie Wool on February 06, 2004, 11:54:21 am: Quote
Originally posted by icespeed
Call it Heaven. Then you have Heaven and Earth.

It will be Hell for any other sentient beings who had originally lived there though.:lol:
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: diamondgeezer on February 06, 2004, 12:05:07 pm: How's about calling it P-3729X? Or something...
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: aldo_14 on February 06, 2004, 12:18:58 pm: Planet Thingy.

Thingy is a great word. Imagine how much more interesting life would be if we only had 3 nouns - thingy, thingybob and thingygummy.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: 01010 on February 06, 2004, 12:24:56 pm: I'm just going to the thingummy with thingy and thingybob, we're going to get some thingummies and then were going back to thingybobs to thingy.

That would rock.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Dr.Zer0 on February 06, 2004, 04:08:57 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
Planet Doom. Especially suitable if it's quite a nice place, like for going on holidays and such.

there alredy is a Planet Doom :doubt:
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: neo_hermes on February 06, 2004, 04:13:53 pm: here's a nice name Sol II
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: TrashMan on February 07, 2004, 10:57:37 am: "MyProperty"...what a nice name...

Bakalar?
Calamari?
Sushi?
Micro$oft Prime?
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: neo_hermes on February 07, 2004, 11:14:07 am: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan
Micro$oft Prime?

I bet BG already named a star system and is headed there as a frozen corpse with his legions of employees.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: Shiva-jin Buu on February 07, 2004, 11:32:11 am: If we're having so much trouble thinking up a name for just one planet, how are we going to name the billions of planets when we colonize them all in the very-or-not-so-very distant future? :P
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: aldo_14 on February 07, 2004, 01:28:29 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Shiva-jin Buu
If we're having so much trouble thinking up a name for just one planet, how are we going to name the billions of planets when we colonize them all in the very-or-not-so-very distant future? :P

we'll adopt the thingygummy naming convention.
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: NeoHunter on February 07, 2004, 10:21:57 pm: Yub yub! We could start turning to past games and sci-fi movies to name the other planets.

Omicron Alpha
Omicron Beta
Omicron Gamma
Omicron Delta
Beta Cygnus
Endor?
Tatooine
Coruscant (maybe Earth will be called that in the future? Heehee:p)

Naboo??
Booboo? Hahahaa!
Title: Terrestrial Planet Name
Post by: TrashMan on February 08, 2004, 04:53:56 pm: I still think Micro$oft Prime (or Gates Prime...Gate's Hell?) is very possible....