Talk:1555: Exoplanet Names 2 - Revision history

85.76.132.55 at 18:40, 18 February 2026

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Uranus pronunciation "in English"

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my opinion

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		+	I just took a look at the actual name proposals for Name Exoworlds 2015 and wow, this comic really isn't too far off. Among the names that made it all the way to the final public voting were such gems as "Starry Bunnies", "Cervino150", "Carousel Hell b", "Mike&Michelle", "christmas island" orbited by two planets both to be named "Carapace", "瀧太郎（Takitarou)", "Leisurely Fish", "Minerals" (for a star), "Rock'n'Roll Star", "Another Gaia", and "Dot".
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		+	Let's also not forget the poor Ægir. Someone at IAU couldn't bother figuring out how to type Æ, so now the planet is officially stuck being named AEgir. [[Special:Contributions/85.76.132.55\|85.76.132.55]] 18:40, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

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 What is with Kepler-283? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.214.137|108.162.214.137]] 05:09, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 :283b is the phonetic spelling for Uranus (your-a-nus) and 283c is the phonetic spelling for Uranus (your-ay-nus) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.77|141.101.104.77]] 05:33, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
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	:I vote for a Sulawesi category. [[User:GuiRitter\|GuiRitter]] ([[User talk:GuiRitter\|talk]]) 23:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)		:I vote for a Sulawesi category. [[User:GuiRitter\|GuiRitter]] ([[User talk:GuiRitter\|talk]]) 23:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

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 ;Air Bud Pluto #9 Reference
 A few strips back, in ''Rulebook'', we were debating whether the "9" on the dog's jersey may have been a subtle jab at the Pluto debate.  I argued that there was a strong possibility of that, given the timing of that comic immediately after the New Horizons flyby, the strong relationship between dogs and the name Pluto, and Pluto's former status as the 9th planet.  There was no way to prove that that was what Randall had in mind (short of him personally confirming it), but I think this strip could lend some credence to it.  What do you think? [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 17:50, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 ;Definition of Planet
 What about the fact that the new definition of planet made by the IAU says it has to be around the sun. None of these would fit the definition of planet then and the answer to "is Pluto a planet" would still be no.[[User:Agent0013|Agent0013]]
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 Can we talk about how this comic is the fourth time the island {{w|Sulawesi}} was mentioned without any reason? Sulawesi appeared in [[273: Electromagnetic Spectrum|comic 273]] as part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and physically in both Online Communities maps [[256: Online Communities|I]] and [[802: Online Communities 2|II]]? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.133|108.162.225.133]] 09:55, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

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 ;Planet of the Apes (disambiguation)
 I think the suggestion here is to actually put the "(disambiguation)" in the name of the planet, thereby creating a problem in the wikipedia entry, since [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_%28disambiguation%29 there's already a wikipedia page with that title]. They would have to create a meta-disambiguation page, which is why this is funny. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.235|141.101.98.235]] 13:39, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
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 What about the fact that the new definition of planet made by the IAU says it has to be around the sun. None of these would fit the definition of planet then and the answer to "is Pluto a planet" would still be no.[[User:Agent0013|Agent0013]]
 : Here's a link to the IAU resolution which defines a planet (and confirms Agent0013's comment): [http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau0603/ IAU 2006 General Assembly Results]. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.150|173.245.50.150]] 19:35, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
-::I have to disagree. The resolution is only about planets (or: celestial bodies) in "our" solar system: "RESOLUTION 5A The IAU therefore resolves that planets and other bodies in our Solar System, except satellites, be defined into three distinct categories in the following way:" So it's quite correct, that these objecst have to be around the Sun. It says nothing about celestial bodies in other star systems. [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
+::<Here used to be nonsense, sorry> [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:51, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxFrgql5dc "This Land"] is a ''Firefly'' reference. [[User:Keavon|Keavon]] ([[User talk:Keavon|talk]]) 05:11, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
 : This land is also track n6 of The Lion King, I think Randall is also a fan of this.--[[User:NeoRaist|NeoRaist]] ([[User talk:NeoRaist|talk]]) 14:54, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
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 Thought about that and Randall's "promise" to use this joke more often: Do we need a "Netherlands" category for comics/articles? Having said that, maybe this was the very last reference to this joke, because of this promise... [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 12:06, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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