Planetary Linguistics

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
with potentiaqlly new planets coming up, here's a list of names of the
convential nine in various languages:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/days.html


note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making "pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.

Yusuf B Gursey wrote in message
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Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
with potentiaqlly new planets coming up, here's a list of
names of the
convential nine in various languages:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/days.html


note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making
"pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.


Y.:

Especially when "pluton" has an established geological meaning.
How about "My" for a name. It would be hard to forget.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Edward Hennessey wrote:
Yusuf B Gursey wrote in message
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Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
with potentiaqlly new planets coming up, here's a list of
names of the
convential nine in various languages:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/days.html


note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making
"pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.


Y.:

Especially when "pluton" has an established geological meaning.


meaning?

How about "My" for a name. It would be hard to forget.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
with potentiaqlly new planets coming up, here's a list of names of the
convential nine in various languages:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/days.html


note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making "pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.

and in turkish it is Plu"ton (acc. to an authortative dictoionary (not
Plu"to as the website says)

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
with potentiaqlly new planets coming up, here's a list of names of the
convential nine in various languages:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/days.html


note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making "pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.

and in turkish it is Plu"ton (acc. to an authortative dictoionary (not
Plu"to as the website says)

sorry. the website got it right.

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note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making "pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.

Either capitalized or not, "pluton" in Polish
already means:

- the planet (while it still is one) Pluto;
- the element plutonium;
- an army platoon.

Making it a generic term for an "almost planet"
would make it one of the most heavily overloaded
nouns in our language.

Even in English, I suppose terms derived from "Pluto"
and "pluton" would easily be confused.

Dear astronomers, please consider a different word.

Best regards,
L.

Yusuf B Gursey kirjoitti:

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
with potentiaqlly new planets coming up, here's a list of names of the
convential nine in various languages:

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplan...nets/days.html


note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making "pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.

I thought "plutino" (= a trans-Neptunian asteroid or Kuiper belt object
orbiting the Sun parallel to Pluto) was a well-established term. Are
they going to introduce "pluton" as a new generic term for these?

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note that some languages use "Pluton" for "Pluto," making "pluton" a
bad choice for the new classification.

Either capitalized or not, "pluton" in Polish already means:

- the planet (while it still is one) Pluto;
- the element plutonium;
- an army platoon.

Making it a generic term for an "almost planet" would make it one of
the most heavily overloaded nouns in our language.

Even in English, I suppose terms derived from "Pluto" and "pluton"
would easily be confused.

Dear astronomers, please consider a different word.

Since Ceres is to be promoted from 'asteroid', I suggest 'cereal
planet'.[1] (;-)

But the SF writers have been using 'planetoid' for years. I suppose
that's why the scientists won't use it!

[1] Yes, I know, it's a bit of a flaky idea.
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, John Woodgate wrote:

Since Ceres is to be promoted from 'asteroid', I suggest 'cereal planet'.[1]
(;-)

Asteroids have cereal numbers anyway.

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In message
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Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Helmut Richter writes
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, John Woodgate wrote:

Since Ceres is to be promoted from 'asteroid', I suggest 'cereal planet'.[1]
(;-)

Asteroids have cereal numbers anyway.


But for real 'snap, crackle, pop' you need a supernova.
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