New planet discovered - name vote

[Sarkhaan]

"Named it after a satirical commentator...would you like to meet him?" (if we're lucky they get satire, but they still would have a hard time understanding what's being satirized...if not, man...imagine trying to explain satire to an alien species...)

Hell, we have a hard enough time explaining it to other humans...

[Emerald Twigica]

Earth

I think its quite catchy

That's a stupid name...who'd name a planet that?

[Greater Sanctum]

I believe Colbert needs a planet named after him after being cheated out of a space ship module.

I second this thought.

He needs something awesome in honor of his awesomeness.

I third it. Don't let him down again...

[Arumdaum]

We should call it

NSG.

[Amystris]

We should call it

NSG.

The horror

[Intangelon]

Iscandar.

BE FOREVER YAMATO!

Nice.

[Tahar Joblis]

It's a super-earth and likely a water world.

In a water world, the global ocean is so deep that water at the bottom of the sea is compressed into a different form, likely ice VII (see http://www.mit.edu/people/goodmanj/mads ... .As.r.html ).

Ice VII is two phases away from Ice IX.

Ice IX is a key part of the plot in the novel Cat's Cradle.

So, I say name the new planet . . . .

VONNEGUT!

I....

...I actually kinda like that...

Me too. And it wasn't that long ago that Vonnegut died, so it's not a bad time.

[Old Tyrannia]

"The big purple waterworld on the right"?
I don't know about you, but the prospect of meeting an alien who then reveals they are a "The Big Purple Waterworld On The Rightian" would certainly make my day.

[Intangelon]

Rupert.

(Cookie for the reference + the actual name that one's a nickname for.)

[Jalanat]

A new planet containing a lot of water needs a proper name, and at the moment it is full of halofags voting for 'Reach'.

Let the idiots call it Reach. They can't do that twice, and we'll discover better planets than this one.

those aren't halofags, those are /b/tards.

[Arumdaum]

We should call it

NSG.

The horror

Yes, it's a bit too cruel, right?

[The Anglo-Saxon Empire]

I believe Colbert needs a planet named after him after being cheated out of a space ship module.

^ this

[JuNii]

Iscandar.

BE FOREVER YAMATO!

Nice.

Either that or Alderaan.

[Verzia]

Unda, latin for water

[JuNii]

Jesus land.

then we can send all the fundies of every religion there.

[The Tofu Islands]

I think it should be called Minerva or Hera, after one of the ancient Gods. Tradition has it that we've named planets after gods before.

Hera’s kinda taken -- see Juno (for a while considered a planet, not classified as one any more). Hence my suggestion of Oannes (I’m pretty sure it isn’t taken).

Rupert.

(Cookie for the reference + the actual name that one's a nickname for.)

Hitch Hiker’s Guide. Not sure what the actual one is. Eris, maybe?

[Allied Governments]

Unda, latin for water

I think you mean Aqua.

[Amystris]

Iscandar.

BE FOREVER YAMATO!

Nice.

Either that or Alderaan.

SHHHHHH, Vader's watching

[New Mitanni]

Unda, latin for water

Actually, "unda" is better translated as "wave." "Aqua" is Latin for "water."

[Buffett and Colbert]

We should call it

NSG.

[The Tofu Islands]

We should call it

NSG.

Only if it’s discovered that it’s inhabited by trolls.

[Buffett and Colbert]

We should call it

NSG.

Only if it’s discovered that it’s inhabited by trolls.

[Old Tyrannia]

We should call it

NSG.

Only if it’s discovered that it’s inhabited by trolls.

Or we could save that for a planet that's constantly in flames.

[The Horror Channel]

Daaluj

[Chrobalta]

Colbert