Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan!

Sector 7 · February 22 2013, 04:22 AM

I didn't find a thread in GTD, so here is the link to the article and where to vote.

Voting ends February 25, 2013. According to the article Shatner himself is pushing for the name Vulcan. The article says thanks to Trekkies, Vulcan is winning. If you haven't voted, do so now.

Pavonis · February 22 2013, 04:24 AM

No!

Vulcan shouldn't be a ball of ice!

Maurice · February 22 2013, 04:33 AM

Ugh. No. If anything, THIS should be named Vulcan.

dub · February 22 2013, 05:04 AM

Sector 7 wrote:

I didn't find a thread in GTD, so here is the link to the article and where to vote.

Voting ends February 25, 2013. According to the article Shatner himself is pushing for the name Vulcan. The article says thanks to Trekkies, Vulcan is winning. If you haven't voted, do so now.

When I posted this in the sci&tech forum, it seemed to be unanimous -- anything but "Vulcan." I suggested naming at least one of them Vulcan, then NASA could blow it up JJ style...but nobody agreed. In fact, nobody commented at all after that. Perhaps they didn't think the NASA cameras would provide enough lens flares?

JirinPanthosa · February 22 2013, 05:11 AM

There's also non-Star Trek precedents for Vulcan being the name of a planet. Vulcan is a character in Greek mythology after all. But I suppose a hot planet's moon would be more appropriate.

Temis the Vorta · February 22 2013, 05:49 AM

Vulcan existed, sort of...

Vulcan was a hypothetical planet supposed to revolve around the Sun inside the orbit of Mercury, invoked to explain certain irregularities in Mercury's orbit. The planet was proposed as a hypothesis in 1859, and abandoned not later than 1915.

But I played ball and voted for Vulcan despite all the nice options (Persephone, Tantalus, Styx.)

When a good options presents itself - volcanically active, orbiting 40 Eridani A - then we can slap the appropriate label on the new candidate.

Saul · February 22 2013, 05:52 AM

Name little Pluto's little moon Vulcan? A fictional planet which itself has no moons?

I think we can do better than a moon.

FormerLurker · February 22 2013, 07:09 AM

JirinPanthosa wrote:

There's also non-Star Trek precedents for Vulcan being the name of a planet. Vulcan is a character in Greek mythology after all. But I suppose a hot planet's moon would be more appropriate.

Vulcan is actually the Roman name of the Greek god Hephaestus, god of the forge.

Finn · February 22 2013, 10:33 AM

No. Even in the distant future when we have colonized the solar system, nobody will give a shit about that dinky ice moon. Save Vulcan for a more impressive planetary body.

heavy lids · February 22 2013, 12:45 PM

They should call it Rura Penthe.

Xhiandra · February 24 2013, 03:28 PM

Shame they only use greco-roman mythology. For a ball of ice, "Niflheim" would be most appropriate.

Jameskennedy · February 24 2013, 09:11 PM

Well like it or not with 150000 votes n next highest around half of that it's gonna be Vulcan.

Pavonis · February 24 2013, 10:09 PM

That's why the public shouldn't be allowed to vote on things like this. What does Vulcan have to do with Pluto in mythology? Vulcan wins because of Trek connections, not because the name fits with a theme.

Ronald Held · February 24 2013, 10:30 PM

Naming celestial objects is not to be a popularity contest.

Maurice · February 25 2013, 01:17 AM

heavy lids wrote:

They should call it Rura Penthe.

Which is merely a Klingonization of Rorapandi from 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.

Nemo: The prison camp of Rorapandi, the white man's grave.
Arronax: I thought it had been abolished.
Nemo: Nothing is abolished that turns a profit to that hated nation.
—From the Disney Film

February 22 2013, 04:22 AM	#1
Sector 7 Rear Admiral Location: Obama's Achievements - http://obamaachievements.org/list	Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! I didn't find a thread in GTD, so here is the link to the article and where to vote. Voting ends February 25, 2013. According to the article Shatner himself is pushing for the name Vulcan. The article says thanks to Trekkies, Vulcan is winning. If you haven't voted, do so now. __________________ “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” -FDR God gives us what we can handle, even if we don't believe it ourselves.

February 22 2013, 04:24 AM	#2
Pavonis Commodore Location: South Dakota	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! No! Vulcan shouldn't be a ball of ice!

February 22 2013, 04:33 AM	#3
Maurice Rear Admiral Location: Maurice in San Francisco	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! Ugh. No. If anything, THIS should be named Vulcan. __________________ * * * "Star Trek…at times sparkled with true ingenuity, and pure science fiction approaches, and at other times was more carnival like, and very much more the creature of television than the creature of a legitimate literary form." —Rod Serling, 1970" Last edited by Maurice; February 22 2013 at 04:45 AM.

February 22 2013, 05:11 AM	#5
JirinPanthosa Captain	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! There's also non-Star Trek precedents for Vulcan being the name of a planet. Vulcan is a character in Greek mythology after all. But I suppose a hot planet's moon would be more appropriate.

February 22 2013, 05:52 AM	#7
Saul Rear Admiral Location: 東京	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! Name little Pluto's little moon Vulcan? A fictional planet which itself has no moons? I think we can do better than a moon. __________________ "It's not that you can see the strings, it's that 40 years later you're still looking at them." - Steven Moffat "This movie was big. Imagine how big it could have been with me in it?" William Shatner

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February 22 2013, 10:33 AM	#9
Finn Vice Admiral Location: West of Boston	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! No. Even in the distant future when we have colonized the solar system, nobody will give a shit about that dinky ice moon. Save Vulcan for a more impressive planetary body.

February 22 2013, 12:45 PM	#10
heavy lids Lieutenant Commander Location: Denver	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! They should call it Rura Penthe. __________________ "Divine intervention is...unlikely" - The Doctor

February 24 2013, 03:28 PM	#11
Xhiandra Lieutenant Commander	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! Shame they only use greco-roman mythology. For a ball of ice, "Niflheim" would be most appropriate.

February 24 2013, 09:11 PM	#12
Jameskennedy Cadet	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! Well like it or not with 150000 votes n next highest around half of that it's gonna be Vulcan.

February 24 2013, 10:09 PM	#13
Pavonis Commodore Location: South Dakota	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! That's why the public shouldn't be allowed to vote on things like this. What does Vulcan have to do with Pluto in mythology? Vulcan wins because of Trek connections, not because the name fits with a theme.

February 24 2013, 10:30 PM	#14
Ronald Held Rear Admiral Location: On the USS Sovereign	Re: Help name Pluto's moon... Vulcan! Naming celestial objects is not to be a popularity contest.