NASA Asked The Internet To Name The 7 New Planets And Twitter Has Some Interesting Names For Earth-Like Planets!
On Wednesday, NASA made the huge announcement that they had found a solar system of seven new Earth-sized planets, about 40 light years away, which may, in fact, be capable of supporting life.
Yes, the scientists of NASA believe that this newly found solar system has three planets that have the right conditions for the existence of water and can support life.
And the star which the seven planets orbit around is known as TRAPPIST-1, and it is located 40 light years away from Earth.
As expected, the internet wasted no time in making it clear that they want to pack their bags ASAP and move to the new planets to have a fresh start on the TRAPPIST-1 system.
“NASA found seven planets that are similar to earth and three of them are most likely habitable” pic.twitter.com/3gWEnLQIRl
— Sandra Hunter ? (@sndrmusic) February 22, 2017
While the internet is still abuzz about NASA’s new discovery of seven planets, they threw open a question to social media users to name the newly found seven planets.
Yes, NASA took to Twitter asking, “#7NamesFor7NewPlanets?” and social media was creative with their answers. The agency also confirmed that there was no easy method for naming planets outside of our solar system and that’s why they turned to the internet for help.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets?
TRAPPIST-1b
TRAPPIST-1c
TRAPPIST-1d
TRAPPIST-1e
TRAPPIST-1f
TRAPPIST-1g
TRAPPIST-1h? https://t.co/QS80AnZ2Jg pic.twitter.com/gis6Ba7UBu
— NASA (@NASA) February 24, 2017
And the internet came up with some really cool answers. With names from Harry Potter to characters in Game of Thrones, Twitterati came with some amazing combination of words.
Soon, #7NamesFor7NewPlanets became trending on Twitter and people decided to come up with their own quirky names for the planets.
Here are some of the cool names for the planets:
mon, tue, wed, thur, fri, sat, sun 🙂
— Felipe Nascimento (@felipenmoura) February 24, 2017
Well, they’re dwarf planets, so makes sense.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Sleepy
Happy
Dopey
Sneezey
Grumpy
Bashful
Doc— PositivelyAviva (@JacobsAviva) February 24, 2017
A more obvious Harry Potter reference.
stone
chamber
prisoner
goblet
order
prince
hallows #7NamesFor7NewPlanets— lottie (@dxggorys) February 24, 2017
Game of Thrones fans in the house?
STARK
LANNISTER
BARATHEON
TARGARYEN
TULLY
GREYJOY
TYRELL#7NamesFor7NewPlanets— ℳᎥʀᎥ (@karma_is_a_btc) February 26, 2017
Taking a cue from Apple, eh?
https://twitter.com/trutherbotred/status/835341145483849729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
This one hates the concept of unnecessary sequels.
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
Tokyo Drift
Fast & Furious
Fast 5
Fast & Furious 6
Furious 7— Jordan Freiman (@JordanFreiman) February 24, 2017
Later US-President Donald Trump became their target:
*trump becomes president*
NASA: Shit
*a few weeks later*
NASA: we’ve found 7 planets, 3 we can live on and there’s enough room for everyone pic.twitter.com/R4RDoAtHJC— Sammy (@SammyAlbon) February 23, 2017
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Far from Trump1
Far from Trump2
Far from Trump3
Far from Trump4
Far from Trump5
Far from Trump6
Far from Trump7— Mike Pons (@mikepons) February 24, 2017
no Monday bcoz nobody likes Mondays & I miss Pluto…
Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Pluto-no Monday bc nobody likes Mondays & I miss Pluto
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets pic.twitter.com/byZJrizne8
— Kevin Shelly (@kevincadabra) February 24, 2017
He seems to have an unhealthy obsession with Pluto.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Pluto
Long Live Pluto
Pluto Forever
We Love Pluto
Screw You For Killing Pluto
Planet of the Keks
Pluto— Idiocracy Rising (@TideOfFools) February 24, 2017
How about Vegetable Solar System…. :-P
Beans
Green’s
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Lamb
Ham
Dogs
You nameee itt!#7NamesFor7NewPlanets— ??QUEEN?? (@ANGELEYES327) February 24, 2017
This is something to think once:
This one
That one
The other one
No, that one
More to the left
To my left
Oh, forget it#7NamesFor7NewPlanets— Momentum (@MomentumComic) February 24, 2017
Have you ever thought of that? No, you only think about yourself.
https://twitter.com/blackdeanarys/status/835037620065480704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Don’t
Let
Humans
Visit
They
Will
Destroy— ᴊᴏᴇʏ(f)✪ (@Joey368616) February 24, 2017
What do you think of these names? Have some of your own names to add to the list? Let us know your ideas in the comments section below.