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With two exceptions*, the names are from Roman mythology. So I’d expect the new planet to get a definitive name from the same template. (Please be Janus. It’s the gate of the solar system!)

*Uranus is from Greek mythology, with no good Latin equivalent. Terra is trickier; you could argue that it fits the template for Latin and the Romance languages, but most others simply use local words for soil, without a connection to the goddess. That is also called Tellus to add confusion.

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Tellus would be a cool name for a planet, imo.

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It would, indeed. I wouldn’t mind if it was the scientific/“proper” name for Earth.

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I would; it’s too close to Telus (but pronounced the same), a terrible phone company where I live.

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