International Astronomical Union Should Name the the Newly
Discovered Planet as Dagobah
This is our request - The Jedi
This is our request - The Jedi
Dagobah - Strong this planet is
with the Force. It is one of the purest places in the galaxy. - Yoda and the
spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn
NASA and the International
Astronomical Union are requested to name the new planet Dagobah, the IAU is requested to endorse this name to the newly discovered planet
Two scientists announced evidence
that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen orbits the sun every
15,000 years.
During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago, they
say, the giant planet was knocked out of the planet-forming region near the
sun. Slowed down by gas, the planet settled into a distant elliptical orbit,
where it still lurks today. The claim is the strongest yet in the
centuries-long search for a “Planet X” beyond Neptune. The quest has been
plagued by far-fetched claims and even outright quackery. But the new evidence
comes from a pair of respected planetary scientists, Konstantin Batygin and
Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, who
prepared for the inevitable skepticism with detailed analyses of the orbits of
other distant objects and months of computer simulations.
It is expected that many new
features will be discovered in the future and will be available for naming.
The public are invited to suggest names within the designated IAU themes for these celestial bodies.
The public are invited to suggest names within the designated IAU themes for these celestial bodies.
This planet is a remote and enigmatic world that resides
at the edge of the Solar System, in a region known as the Kuiper Belt, where it
is one among many similar dwarf planets, although Pluto remains the largest
discovered to date.