Like 'Mikly Way', 'Galaxy' & 'Mars Bar'. Why have we done this? There must be better names out there! Can you think of any?
2006-09-22 23:04:28 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I think names are just random because I don't suppose for one minute that all Turkish people are delighted by that awful pink stuff that tastes like perfume.
2006-09-22 23:18:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont be silly.
The Galaxy is named after that big Ford people carrier that Gordon Brown persuaded the Blairs to buy when he realised it had the worst crash test results of all the large people carriers.
Pluto is named after Micky Mouse's dog..
Mikly way is in Reigate I think not space.
Mercury is named after the american car, Mercury Cougar.
Get the picture.
There aint no star called Twix, or PPPick up a PPenguine is there.
2006-09-22 23:45:25 · answer #2 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Milky Way (our galaxy, not the choc bar!) is named thus because the band of light you can see stretching across the sky on summer nights appeared to ancient cultures as if someone had spilt milk in the heavens! Galaxy is derived from the greek "galactos" meaning milk. Mars is named after the god of war.
2006-09-23 05:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by Madfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forrest Mars invented the Mars bar,then they decided to use names connected to space.
2006-09-22 23:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
SPACE WAS HERE FIRST CHOCO MAKERS TOOK NAMES FROM THEM.
you can have a star named after yourself or someone ifyou are prepared to pay for the priveledge.
we could adapt star treks names for space and nebula, or give the classes like m class or y class.
i think they give scientific names already.
2006-09-22 23:58:18 · answer #5 · answered by lefang 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was probably part of some dodgy advertising deal, Cadbury slipping the Astronomer Royal a bung, I bet!
2006-09-22 23:06:56 · answer #6 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the other way around. We've name chocolate bars after parts of space. And no, I don't know why.
2006-09-22 23:06:23 · answer #7 · answered by Purple_Rache 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the guy who invented the mars bar named it after himself
2006-09-22 23:45:58 · answer #8 · answered by peter gunn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only fair that you ask the same question about:
1) Novels: Three Musketeers
2) Towns: Hershey
3) Human expressions: Snickers
4) Company names: Nestle
and so forth...now g'head ask.....
2006-09-22 23:13:37 · answer #9 · answered by O'Shea 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it is weird but i think we named the chocolate after the planets etc not the other way around, as they are much older!
2006-09-23 01:02:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋