Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
On 01/07/2026 08:00 AM, cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
It's usually called "the Terran" or "Terra".
We live on Terra-prime or Terra-3, it's called Earth,
Most solar systems are distinguished by numbers.
[X-Post & F'up2 alt.astronomy]
Ross Finlayson wrote:
On 01/07/2026 08:00 AM, cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
It's usually called "the Terran" or "Terra".
No. "Terra" is a (arguably a mostly language-neutral, thus astronomically more feasible) name for the planet that is called "Earth" in English instead.
We live on Terra-prime or Terra-3, it's called Earth,
No, the Sol(ar) System is NOT called "Earth". "Earth" is the name for a planet, NOT a planetary system.
"Terra-3" is NOT proper astronomical naming. Planets are numbered after the stars that they orbit, from closer to it than farther away from it, and one uses _Roman_ numerals to number them. The star that Terra orbits is Sol, so the correct designation for the former would be "Sol III".
"Terra Prime" instead is a name used *in science-fiction and fantasy* to refer to Earth as the home planet of humans, indicating that there is a similar planet either in our universe (sometimes called "Earth 2") or in parallel universes in which sometimes the story happens as well.
Most solar systems are distinguished by numbers.
There is only one Sol(ar) System. Other planetary systems, i.e. systems of exoplanets, are typically named after their primary (star) which in turn is often named after the astronomical project/group that investigated it and, perhaps, the respective planetary system, too. For example, TRAPPIST-1 is a star (the first one) that was investigated by a Belgian team of astronomers (who, tongue-in-cheek, chose an acronym such that it would refer to the renowned Belgian beer style as brewed by and after the fashion of the Trappists, an order of Catholic monks).
On 01/07/2026 12:29 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
Ross Finlayson wrote:
On 01/07/2026 08:00 AM, cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
It's usually called "the Terran" or "Terra".
No. "Terra" is a (arguably a mostly language-neutral, thus astronomically >> more feasible) name for the planet that is called "Earth" in English instead.
We live on Terra-prime or Terra-3, it's called Earth,
No, the Sol(ar) System is NOT called "Earth". "Earth" is the name for a
planet, NOT a planetary system.
"Terra-3" is NOT proper astronomical naming. Planets are numbered after the >> stars that they orbit, from closer to it than farther away from it, and one >> uses _Roman_ numerals to number them. The star that Terra orbits is Sol, so >> the correct designation for the former would be "Sol III".
"Terra Prime" instead is a name used *in science-fiction and fantasy* to
refer to Earth as the home planet of humans, indicating that there is a
similar planet either in our universe (sometimes called "Earth 2") or in
parallel universes in which sometimes the story happens as well.
[...]
The "prime" appellation is usually "the habitable planet".
Of course "multiple worlds hypothesis" is non-scientific non-explanation
of contingency, [confused nonsense]
The sky survey offers examples of apparent super-luminal motion.
So, ..., notions like "The Macroscope" aren't without inherent
scientific merit.
Ever notice that Barnard's Star moves, ....
A lot's been learned about Lyman lines and
spectra since Rayleigh-Jeans, about ye olde
hydrogen line, and "standard candles".
Apparent superluminal motion falsifies usual
naive accounts of the light speed limit,
so, ....
[F'up2 alt.astronomy again]
Ross Finlayson wrote:
On 01/07/2026 12:29 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
Ross Finlayson wrote:
On 01/07/2026 08:00 AM, cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
It's usually called "the Terran" or "Terra".
No. "Terra" is a (arguably a mostly language-neutral, thus astronomically >>> more feasible) name for the planet that is called "Earth" in English instead.
We live on Terra-prime or Terra-3, it's called Earth,
No, the Sol(ar) System is NOT called "Earth". "Earth" is the name for a >>> planet, NOT a planetary system.
"Terra-3" is NOT proper astronomical naming. Planets are numbered after the
stars that they orbit, from closer to it than farther away from it, and one >>> uses _Roman_ numerals to number them. The star that Terra orbits is Sol, so
the correct designation for the former would be "Sol III".
"Terra Prime" instead is a name used *in science-fiction and fantasy* to >>> refer to Earth as the home planet of humans, indicating that there is a
similar planet either in our universe (sometimes called "Earth 2") or in >>> parallel universes in which sometimes the story happens as well.
[...]
The "prime" appellation is usually "the habitable planet".
No. "prime" *literally* means "the first" or "number one", from Latin /primus/.
Of course "multiple worlds hypothesis" is non-scientific non-explanation
of contingency, [confused nonsense]
The "_many_ worlds" _interpretation_ of quantum mechanics is something very different.
It does not have to do with planets /per se/, but other (parallel)
universes: In this interpretation, possible measurement outcomes that were however not observed in our universe/reality are realized, and thus would be observed, in other ("parallel") universes/realities that have the same space as ours.
The sky survey offers examples of apparent super-luminal motion.
There is not only one ("the") sky survey, thus your statement is useless.
So, ..., notions like "The Macroscope" aren't without inherent
scientific merit.
Nobody even said it would be:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroscope_(science_concept)>
Ever notice that Barnard's Star moves, ....
It does move because it has a planet (and three other planets). But that
was not confirmed before the 2024 (and 2025).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%27s_Star#Planetary_system>
A lot's been learned about Lyman lines and
spectra since Rayleigh-Jeans, about ye olde
hydrogen line, and "standard candles".
Apparent superluminal motion falsifies usual
naive accounts of the light speed limit,
so, ....
The subject of this discussion are the names and designations of celestial objects. You are missing the point and are babbling incoherently, moving from one topic to an unrelated next one, like a mentally ill person:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_salad>
Probably someone has told you that before.
cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
1. You have posted to sci.physics.relativity. This is off-topic here.
You should have posted to <news:alt.astronomy>. Next time, check
<news:news.newusers.questions> to determine the right newsgroup for
your question/discussion/problem.
2. Apropos names: Your postings will be more likely read if you post
under your real name. Statistically, single-named posters are more
likely to be trolls or lusers; those only posting under acronyms
doubly so.
3. It is required that the "From" header field of your posting contains
an e-mail address. "clowd@nimbus.net.inv" is not because there is no
top-level domain ".inv", but there could be in the future. See also
RFC 5536 "NetNews Article Format".
4. "Solar System" *is* the official name used by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), and the preceding is the recommended
spelling. However, I grant you that since the (yet unfinished?)
redesign of the IAU Web site, it is even more difficult to find it
there.[1]
There is only one Solar System because there is only one star called Sol,
Latin for English "the Sun" ("Sol" is derived from the Roman deity "Sol
Invictus", "the unconquered sun"[2]; "sun" developed from Old English
"sunne", cognate with similar words in other Germanic languages[3]),
which is the primary of that planetary system. Other planetary systems
ought NOT be called "solar systems".
Use of the name "Sol" can also be found in astronomy software, for
example Celestia. For that reason I prefer the name "Sol System" that is
also found in good science-fiction.
____
[1] <https://web.archive.org/web/20250301230114/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/>
[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)>
[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology>
-| Note that the term "star system" for such a system of celestial objects
around a star or multiple stars, that you often find in popular-scientific
and science-fiction contexts is wrong. The term "star system" exists in
astronomy, but means a system of two or more stars, not planets or smaller
bodies, orbiting each other. For example, the Alpha Centauri System is
correctly named so because it consists of the stars Alpha Centauri A
(Rigil Kentaurus), Alpha Centauri B (Toliman), and Alpha Centauri C
(Proxima Centauri): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri>
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Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
On 1/7/2026 8:00 AM, cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
We are Sol 3, Sol is, say, holy_moly? rofl! ;^D
On 1/9/2026 12:19 AM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
On 1/7/2026 8:00 AM, cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
We are Sol 3, Sol is, say, holy_moly? rofl! ;^D
Instead of Milkyway for our galaxy, call it Good_Golly_Ms_Molly.... ;^) rofl.
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
1. You have posted to sci.physics.relativity. This is off-topic here.
You should have posted to <news:alt.astronomy>. Next time, check
<news:news.newusers.questions> to determine the right newsgroup for
your question/discussion/problem.
2. Apropos names: Your postings will be more likely read if you post
under your real name. Statistically, single-named posters are more
likely to be trolls or lusers; those only posting under acronyms
doubly so.
3. It is required that the "From" header field of your posting contains
an e-mail address. "clowd@nimbus.net.inv" is not because there is no
top-level domain ".inv", but there could be in the future. See also
RFC 5536 "NetNews Article Format".
4. "Solar System" *is* the official name used by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), and the preceding is the recommended
spelling. However, I grant you that since the (yet unfinished?)
redesign of the IAU Web site, it is even more difficult to find it
there.[1]
There is only one Solar System because there is only one star called Sol,
Latin for English "the Sun" ("Sol" is derived from the Roman deity "Sol
Invictus", "the unconquered sun"[2]; "sun" developed from Old English
"sunne", cognate with similar words in other Germanic languages[3]),
which is the primary of that planetary system. Other planetary systems
ought NOT be called "solar systems".
Use of the name "Sol" can also be found in astronomy software, for
example Celestia. For that reason I prefer the name "Sol System" that is
also found in good science-fiction.
____
[1] <https://web.archive.org/web/20250301230114/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/>
[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)>
[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology>
-| Note that the term "star system" for such a system of celestial objects
around a star or multiple stars, that you often find in popular-scientific
and science-fiction contexts is wrong. The term "star system" exists in
astronomy, but means a system of two or more stars, not planets or smaller
bodies, orbiting each other. For example, the Alpha Centauri System is
correctly named so because it consists of the stars Alpha Centauri A
(Rigil Kentaurus), Alpha Centauri B (Toliman), and Alpha Centauri C
(Proxima Centauri): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri>
--
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Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
That's ALL sound sooo confusing...
all dis talk of sol, sun, Roman days...
It was then when Caesar and Jesus Christ time...
It's not the God of the Sun that the romans were worshipping...it was
the Sun of God...the Sol of God...the Son of God.
I understand how the confusion came about..but please get dis stuff
right!
dat star in the sky everyone was following is the sol.
God is the Light.
yous are mistaken the sun of god, or god of the son, it's the son of
God!
Yous speld Sonday wrong...
then Monday.
Sunday is God day.
Solday.
Sonday.
Jesus
is
the
Sun
of
God.
Sunday is
God day.
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
other solar systems.
1. You have posted to sci.physics.relativity. This is off-topic here.
You should have posted to <news:alt.astronomy>. Next time, check
<news:news.newusers.questions> to determine the right newsgroup for
your question/discussion/problem.
2. Apropos names: Your postings will be more likely read if you post
under your real name. Statistically, single-named posters are more
likely to be trolls or lusers; those only posting under acronyms
doubly so.
3. It is required that the "From" header field of your posting contains
an e-mail address. "clowd@nimbus.net.inv" is not because there is no
top-level domain ".inv", but there could be in the future. See also
RFC 5536 "NetNews Article Format".
4. "Solar System" *is* the official name used by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), and the preceding is the recommended
spelling. However, I grant you that since the (yet unfinished?)
redesign of the IAU Web site, it is even more difficult to find it
there.[1]
There is only one Solar System because there is only one star called Sol,
Latin for English "the Sun" ("Sol" is derived from the Roman deity "Sol
Invictus", "the unconquered sun"[2]; "sun" developed from Old English
"sunne", cognate with similar words in other Germanic languages[3]),
which is the primary of that planetary system. Other planetary systems
ought NOT be called "solar systems".
Use of the name "Sol" can also be found in astronomy software, for
example Celestia. For that reason I prefer the name "Sol System" that is
also found in good science-fiction.
____
[1] <https://web.archive.org/web/20250301230114/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/>
[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)>
[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology>
-| Note that the term "star system" for such a system of celestial objects
around a star or multiple stars, that you often find in popular-scientific
and science-fiction contexts is wrong. The term "star system" exists in
astronomy, but means a system of two or more stars, not planets or smaller
bodies, orbiting each other. For example, the Alpha Centauri System is
correctly named so because it consists of the stars Alpha Centauri A
(Rigil Kentaurus), Alpha Centauri B (Toliman), and Alpha Centauri C
(Proxima Centauri): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri>
--
PointedEars
Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
That's ALL sound sooo confusing...
all dis talk of sol, sun, Roman days...
It was then when Caesar and Jesus Christ time...
It's not the God of the Sun that the romans were worshipping...it was
the Sun of God...the Sol of God...the Son of God.
I understand how the confusion came about..but please get dis stuff
right!
dat star in the sky everyone was following is the sol.
God is the Light.
yous are mistaken the sun of god, or god of the son, it's the son of
God!
Yous speld Sonday wrong...
then Monday.
Sunday is God day.
Solday.
Sonday.
Jesus
is
the
Sun
of
God.
Sunday is
God day.
Atheist Day is Hellday.
Hell of a week if you ask me..
Fat ugly girls like to protest to pick up an ice guy.
How do you spel Learing anyway?
I see Trump wants to get rid of all the
communists in the USA hemisphere..
dat explains why they killed JFK, he
let those communists in our hemisphere.
dat to me is punishable by death.
The Starmaker wrote:
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the other solar systems.
1. You have posted to sci.physics.relativity. This is off-topic here.
You should have posted to <news:alt.astronomy>. Next time, check
<news:news.newusers.questions> to determine the right newsgroup for
your question/discussion/problem.
2. Apropos names: Your postings will be more likely read if you post
under your real name. Statistically, single-named posters are more
likely to be trolls or lusers; those only posting under acronyms
doubly so.
3. It is required that the "From" header field of your posting contains
an e-mail address. "clowd@nimbus.net.inv" is not because there is no
top-level domain ".inv", but there could be in the future. See also
RFC 5536 "NetNews Article Format".
4. "Solar System" *is* the official name used by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), and the preceding is the recommended
spelling. However, I grant you that since the (yet unfinished?)
redesign of the IAU Web site, it is even more difficult to find it
there.[1]
There is only one Solar System because there is only one star called Sol,
Latin for English "the Sun" ("Sol" is derived from the Roman deity "Sol
Invictus", "the unconquered sun"[2]; "sun" developed from Old English
"sunne", cognate with similar words in other Germanic languages[3]),
which is the primary of that planetary system. Other planetary systems
ought NOT be called "solar systems".
Use of the name "Sol" can also be found in astronomy software, for
example Celestia. For that reason I prefer the name "Sol System" that is
also found in good science-fiction.
____
[1] <https://web.archive.org/web/20250301230114/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/>
[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)>
[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology>
-| Note that the term "star system" for such a system of celestial objects
around a star or multiple stars, that you often find in popular-scientific
and science-fiction contexts is wrong. The term "star system" exists in
astronomy, but means a system of two or more stars, not planets or smaller
bodies, orbiting each other. For example, the Alpha Centauri System is
correctly named so because it consists of the stars Alpha Centauri A
(Rigil Kentaurus), Alpha Centauri B (Toliman), and Alpha Centauri C
(Proxima Centauri): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri>
--
PointedEars
Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
That's ALL sound sooo confusing...
all dis talk of sol, sun, Roman days...
It was then when Caesar and Jesus Christ time...
It's not the God of the Sun that the romans were worshipping...it was
the Sun of God...the Sol of God...the Son of God.
I understand how the confusion came about..but please get dis stuff
right!
dat star in the sky everyone was following is the sol.
God is the Light.
yous are mistaken the sun of god, or god of the son, it's the son of
God!
Yous speld Sonday wrong...
then Monday.
Sunday is God day.
Solday.
Sonday.
Jesus
is
the
Sun
of
God.
Sunday is
God day.
Atheist Day is Hellday.
Hell of a week if you ask me..
Fat ugly girls like to protest to pick up an ice guy.
How do you spel Learing anyway?
I see Trump wants to get rid of all the
communists in the USA hemisphere..
dat explains why they killed JFK, he
let those communists in our hemisphere.
dat to me is punishable by death.
To ALLOW communists to enter our hemisphere, and
take over Cuba in OUR hemisphere...is unacceptable.
The only good commie is a dead commie.
The Starmaker wrote:
The Starmaker wrote:
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
cld wrote:
Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the other solar systems.
1. You have posted to sci.physics.relativity. This is off-topic here.
You should have posted to <news:alt.astronomy>. Next time, check
<news:news.newusers.questions> to determine the right newsgroup for
your question/discussion/problem.
2. Apropos names: Your postings will be more likely read if you post
under your real name. Statistically, single-named posters are more
likely to be trolls or lusers; those only posting under acronyms
doubly so.
3. It is required that the "From" header field of your posting contains
an e-mail address. "clowd@nimbus.net.inv" is not because there is no
top-level domain ".inv", but there could be in the future. See also
RFC 5536 "NetNews Article Format".
4. "Solar System" *is* the official name used by the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), and the preceding is the recommended
spelling. However, I grant you that since the (yet unfinished?)
redesign of the IAU Web site, it is even more difficult to find it
there.[1]
There is only one Solar System because there is only one star called Sol,
Latin for English "the Sun" ("Sol" is derived from the Roman deity "Sol
Invictus", "the unconquered sun"[2]; "sun" developed from Old English
"sunne", cognate with similar words in other Germanic languages[3]),
which is the primary of that planetary system. Other planetary systems
ought NOT be called "solar systems".
Use of the name "Sol" can also be found in astronomy software, for
example Celestia. For that reason I prefer the name "Sol System" that is
also found in good science-fiction.
____
[1] <https://web.archive.org/web/20250301230114/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/>
[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)>
[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology>
-| Note that the term "star system" for such a system of celestial objects
around a star or multiple stars, that you often find in popular-scientific
and science-fiction contexts is wrong. The term "star system" exists in
astronomy, but means a system of two or more stars, not planets or smaller
bodies, orbiting each other. For example, the Alpha Centauri System is
correctly named so because it consists of the stars Alpha Centauri A
(Rigil Kentaurus), Alpha Centauri B (Toliman), and Alpha Centauri C
(Proxima Centauri): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri> --
PointedEars
Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
That's ALL sound sooo confusing...
all dis talk of sol, sun, Roman days...
It was then when Caesar and Jesus Christ time...
It's not the God of the Sun that the romans were worshipping...it was
the Sun of God...the Sol of God...the Son of God.
I understand how the confusion came about..but please get dis stuff right!
dat star in the sky everyone was following is the sol.
God is the Light.
yous are mistaken the sun of god, or god of the son, it's the son of
God!
Yous speld Sonday wrong...
then Monday.
Sunday is God day.
Solday.
Sonday.
Jesus
is
the
Sun
of
God.
Sunday is
God day.
Atheist Day is Hellday.
Hell of a week if you ask me..
Fat ugly girls like to protest to pick up an ice guy.
How do you spel Learing anyway?
I see Trump wants to get rid of all the
communists in the USA hemisphere..
dat explains why they killed JFK, he
let those communists in our hemisphere.
dat to me is punishable by death.
To ALLOW communists to enter our hemisphere, and
take over Cuba in OUR hemisphere...is unacceptable.
The only good commie is a dead commie.
In other words, President Trump is surrounded today by a bunch of
cowards like
JFK who let communists in OUR hemisphere.
If Putin or China threatens to use the atomic bombs on us, the cowards
give in.
dats how they got Cuba.
Trump is surrounded by cowards left and right.
He is not going to give in, but the cowards want to give in.
dat was jfk mistake.
get rid of the cowards.
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