Tuesday, December 6, 2011

What's in a Name 


pity this busy monster, manunkind,

not. Progress is a comfortable disease:
your victim (death and life safely beyond)

plays with the bigness of his littleness
--electrons deify one razorblade
into a mountainrange; lenses extend
unwish through curving wherewhen till unwish
returns on its unself.
                 A world of made
is not a world of born--pity poor flesh

and trees, poor stars and stones, but never this
fine specimen of hypermagical

ultraomnipotence. We doctors know

a hopeless case if--listen: there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go

E. E. Cummings

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Seriously, though?
Planet Kepler-22b?
Come on, Party People, we can think up a better name than that.
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13 comments:

  1. TrollDecember 6, 2011 at 6:50 AM

    LOL. I suspect there is a process by which it can be renamed eventually. Hope so, anyway.

    The 72 degrees Farhenheit average temperature is remarkable. If true.

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  2. moiDecember 6, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Troll: Which is why my suggestion is Planet Florida. Although, how we can know anything from 600 light years away is beyond me, but this is a fabulous discovery regardless.

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  3. JennyDecember 6, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    Once Saturn was used, there really weren't any other cool planet names.

    But for reals? Planet Kepler 22B??

    I think we are finding wayyyy too many planets out there. There is a certain lack of excitement from these dudes.

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  4. czarDecember 6, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    Further.

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  5. moiDecember 6, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    Boxer: I want evidence of life NOW!

    Czar: Good one. What's that in Greek, I wonder?

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  6. fishyDecember 6, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    A remarkable find told in an absolutely flat format. I nominate you for hosting a name that planet event :-)

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  7. Aunty BelleDecember 7, 2011 at 4:21 AM

    Zowie!

    IT's a nifty universe, ya gotta admit.

    Names? hmmn...Twist Fishy's arm into makin' namin' 22 B the haiku theme this week.

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  8. moiDecember 7, 2011 at 4:59 AM

    Fishy: I like Aunty's idea, below :o)

    Aunty: Great idea!

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  9. Aunty BelleDecember 7, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    22B?

    Procul(ia)


    Oh, this will b ear some thinkin' on.

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  10. moiDecember 8, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    Aunty: Couldn't find the meaning online. Can you elucidate?

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  11. Aunty BelleDecember 8, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    Procul= Latin fer "far out"
    ( or...at a far distance)

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  12. moiDecember 9, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    Aunty: Nice one!

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  13. PamDecember 9, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    I have mixed emotions about all of this. I think the technology is fabulous. The need to know if 22b is habitable because we may be blowing ourselves up is a big question in my mind. How about re-directing that technology into NOT blowing ourselves up? Space stuff used to scare the crap out of me.

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