While this question may be more fitting to Astrology, I think there are more people here who will get what I'm talking about...
So we've got a new dwarf planet named Eris ( http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/ ). Any conjectures about the possible ramifications of naming a planet such? Or anything about the fact that Eris is currently in Cetus, the constellation called Tiamat by the Babylonians?
Serious answers need not apply!
2006-10-07 20:56:59 · 6 answers · asked by angk 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Naming it Eris is just begging for trouble. Now, for no particular reason, the body with that name is going to become some kind of monkey wrench. Like naming that huge ship after Titania, sometimes it's best to respect the etherial beings that have such cool names.
2006-10-07 23:30:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guess I would need to do some research before I really make a serious answer on this; unfortunately, I don't feel like doing that at this moment.
We got all the mini planets now? Time to send a convoy out there and have them check it out. I volunteer.
2006-10-08 05:30:19 · answer #2 · answered by analystdevil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am still far too upset about losing Pluto -
Shouldnt they have given a decent period of mourning before making more planets - dwarf ones especially
2006-10-08 04:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by Ruthie Baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glad we shouldn't take this to serious, cause I'm about to bust out with a joke about Uranus!
2006-10-08 06:31:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duh, they probably did it on purpose just to freak people out. Space geeks know mythology too.
2006-10-08 11:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Jamie Lee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, no.
2006-10-08 04:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Blue Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋