Okay, let's call it "Planety McPlanetface".
If a Ninth Planet is discovered in the Outer Solar System, should it be called Hercules?
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No. I myself don't even find that joke funny.
Anyway, we've now got 17 votes for Persephone! But someone needs to contact both Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin asking them politely to officially name Planet Nine Persephoneia, to prevent conflicts with asteroid 399 Persephone and also to honor Homer's Odyssey.
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[Saavik] Sarcasm. It is a difficult concept. [/Saavik]
I voted Persephone for Planet IX, but I do like Minerva from the poll as a name for Planet X. Although I suppose that Erebus (personification of darkness) would probably be more fitting. For an option not on the poll, I also like Aquilo (god of the north wind and winter).
A: You can't call a planet Bob
K: Ah, so you want to be the king of Bob
A: I don't know, why can't we just call it Earth?
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Minerva is already taken.
Pluto should be now called The Forbidden Planet, and this new on(if it's real) should be called The Tenth planet....that way sci-fi fans win big time, and that is all that matters in the end. 
If we ever conquer the galaxy, someday, somewhere a planet will be named that.
Lol. But I think iceball should be replaced by a better name.
Sure, but so is Persephone!
I know that the IAU rules indicate that a dwarf planet can't share a name with an asteroid, but I couldn't find any reference to similar rules for major planets (if either IX or X would qualify). (And if X is a dwarf planet, there are a lot of other mythologies available to pick from, anyway.)Personally, I would say that if we take "93 Minerva" as the formal asteroid name, then the planet name "Minerva" would still be unique, but I do understand that the IAU does not agree with this.
I don't think there is any rule against repeating dwarf planet names with planetary feature names?
Nice name, but if X is a dwarf planet, it runs into the same problem as Minerva does: 6261 Chione is already an asteroid.
Oh don't worry I mixed my names up. I thought Khione was also correct but I don't think it is.
Then instead have Persephoneia (from Homer's Odyssey), Proserpine, Persephatta or Persephassa. Or just make an exception: "Rules are designed for a majority but they always have exceptions."Sure, but so is Persephone!
Additionally, I forgot to mention this earlier, but last year I sent a poll throughout my year level at school on what Planet Nine should be named. One suggested Persephone, another one suggested names from other classical literature works such as Dante's Inferno (like what Larry Niven did for trans-Persephonian planets), and another one suggested Minerva. But a few immature ones decided to suggest Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Joemama (no offense intended).
