Since the discovery of "Planet X", with X being the obvious joke on the Roman numeral "Ten"...any ideas of what the IAU will use for it's name? The names for the planetesimals previously discovered by the same team used non-Roman, (dare I say "Politically Correct"?) deities.
Call me a traditionalist, but I think the "planets" should stick with the established naming convention.
If this convention had not been established earlier in history, we would've been stuck with King George III as a bloated gas giant in the outer solar system. Politically astute decision on the part of the discoverer to "immortalize" his benefactor, but it just wouldn't have fit in.
My two bits: Sedna and Quaoar (how do you pronounce that?) don't work for me either. But since they're not truly planets, it's ok with me if they hang out with the Mister Rogers asteroid!
Call me a traditionalist, but I think the "planets" should stick with the established naming convention.
If this convention had not been established earlier in history, we would've been stuck with King George III as a bloated gas giant in the outer solar system. Politically astute decision on the part of the discoverer to "immortalize" his benefactor, but it just wouldn't have fit in.
My two bits: Sedna and Quaoar (how do you pronounce that?) don't work for me either. But since they're not truly planets, it's ok with me if they hang out with the Mister Rogers asteroid!
