It is required for a planet to have a Greek/Latin name? (in this Galaxy)?

Question

Xeena???
I know theres talk about Xeena being concidered to be a planet, since it is bigger then pluto. Any thoughts on that?

Someone brought up a good point, what I ment to ask is Does a planet require a mythological name from any culture?

did think about Earth when I asked this.
Oh well,,,does anyone know where the name Earth came from? whats it mean?

Someone brought up a good point, what I ment to ask is Does a planet require a mythological name from any culture?

I didn't think about Earth when I asked this.
Oh well,,,does anyone know where the name Earth came from? whats it mean?

Answer 1

Xena was only ever a working "nickname" and it is now officially known as Eris (the Greek goddess of discord,) Its Moon is now known not as Gabrielle but Dysnomia (Eris' daughter and the Goddess of Chaos and Lawlessness),

Under IAU rules, names must be pronouncable, preferably one word (such as Annefrank (5535 Annefrank)), although exceptions are possible (such as James Bond (9007 James Bond)), and since 1982 limited to a maximum length of sixteen characters, including spaces and hyphens. Letters with diacritics are accepted, although the diacritical marks are usually omitted in everyday usage. 4090 Říšehvězd is an asteroid with the most diacritics (four).

Military and political leaders are unsuitable until they are dead for 100 years. Nowadays, names of pet animals are discouraged, but there are some from the past. Names after people, companies or products known only for success in business are not accepted, as well as citations that resemble advertising.

Whimsical names can be used for relatively ordinary asteroids (such as 26858 Misterrogers), but those belonging to certain dynamical groups are expected to follow more strictly defined naming schemes.

Trojan asteroids (those that librate in 1:1 resonance with Jupiter) are named for heroes of the Trojan War. Asteroids at Lagrangian point L4 are named after Greek warriors (such as 588 Achilles) and asteroids at L5 after Trojans (such as 884 Priamus).

Trans-Jovian planetoids crossing or approaching the orbit of a giant planet but not in a stabilizing resonance are named for centaurs (such as 2060 Chiron).

Objects crossing or approaching the orbit of Neptune and in stabilizing resonances other than 1:1 are given mythological names associated with the underworld (such as 90482 Orcus).

Objects sufficiently outside Neptune's orbit that orbital stability is reasonably assured for a substantial fraction of the lifetime of the solar system are given mythological names associated with creation (such as 50000 Quaoar).

Objects that approach or cross Earth's orbit are given mythological names (such as 1862 Apollo.

Answer 2

I don't know if it is a requirement, but all the planets including the demoted Pluto are named after Greek mythological gods. Personally, I wish they would leave the planets alone. No point in changing all those textbooks.

Answer 3

It is not required for a planet to have a Greek/Latin name. An example is Earth: the name doesn't come from either language.

Answer 4

The answer is no. Most planets and stars simply have a name consisting of numbers and letters.

Answer 5

Nope --- Earth is neither. It's derived from the Germanic.

Answer 6

tradition says that it must be mytholigical....greek or roman doesn't matter...could be Aztec or Inuit.