If you could rename planet "Earth," what would you name this fine orbital sphere we live upon?
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If were up to ME, I would sell the naming rights to the highest bidder!\n\nMicrosoftWorld?\n\nFirst National Planet?\n\nMcEarth?
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It's current name is 2003 UB313.  It is larger than Pluto.\n\nBut is not yet officially recognized as a 'planet'.\n\nThat may change later this year as the International Astronomical Union (IAU) firms up the definition of a planet.\n\nAt that point, it will probably be renamed.  The discoverers of the object have submitted confidential names to the IAU.  Some people call it Xena or Lila, but these are not official names, and are not among the names submitted to the IAU.  \n\nIt is not 'Planet X' ... this is a generic name for a theoretical large planet not yet discovered.  (Pluto was once thought to be 'Planet X', but it is too small.)  The Planet X theory has been disproven.\n\nSedna is a smaller object (smaller than Pluto), and may also be reclassified as a planet ... but I don't think it's likely.\n\nOne thing is for sure though ... Pluto will not lose its classification as a planet ... astronomers are sentimental too.
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I thought it was Xena, but:\nThe planet, with the current temporary (and unfortunate) name 2003UB313, was discovered in an ongoing survey at Palomar Observatory's Samuel Oschin telescope by astronomers Mike Brown (Caltech), Chad Trujillo (Gemini Observatory), and David Rabinowitz (Yale University). \n\nAbout the name: The real name of the new planet is currently in limbo while committees decide its fate. For those speculating that the name will be "Lila" based on the web site name I must warn you that that is really just a sentimental dad's early-morning-after-no-sleep naming of a web site for his (at the time) three week old daughter and one should not take it too seriously! In fact, the sentimental dad was so tired he even spelled his own daughter's name wrong (it is "Lilah"). The name  "Xena" is frequently heard associated with this planet; this name comes from an  internal cod name that we used before we publically announced the existence of the planet. Other code names have been "Santa" (2003 EL61), "Rudolph" (the moon of 2003 EL61), "Easterbunny" (2005 FY9) and "Flying Dutchman" (Sedna), and "Gabrielle" (the moon of 2003 UB313). We use these names internally simply because they are easier to say and remember than things like 2003 EL61 or S/2005 (2003 UB313) 1 . There is no chance whatsoever that these will become the permanent names of these objects! As soon as the committees make their decisions these objects will  get real names. When we first announced the existence of these objects we thought that the real names would be decided in days to weeks, not months to years so it never occured to us that these code names would last more than a few days. We hope the committees decide soon  so people can start getting used to the real more dignified names soon!
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I would put up an advertisement like this:\n\nPlanet Earth is covered in Fields.\n\nFor all you little ones to practise their markings on.\n\nTraditionally earthling's leave their cattle out at night.\n\nFeel free to take DNA sample's.\n\nPlenty of unintelligent people.\n\nTake you pick on who to abduct today!!!!!!!!!\n\nPLANET EARTH.......a fun planet for all the family!!!!!      :o)
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The plane formed by the Earth's orbit is called the ecliptic. While most of the planets' orbits are close to this plane, Mercury and Pluto's orbits differ by several degrees.
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Earth refers to this planet.  World could mean any planet that is inhabited.  \n\nSince we don't know of any other inhabited planets, the two are pretty much interchangeable outside of science fiction.
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I thought I discovered a new planet once. It was mostly water and I could see the mountains and rivers and everything. It was just sitting on a desk.\n\nI later learned that this is called a "globe."
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earth of course......\nthere is a layer in our blue planet called the mantle which lies between the outer crust and the core.. its the biggest layer even...
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venus?\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Venus+%28planet%29&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1
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With an orbit of where earth is, 149,600,000 km, that's a surface area of 7.12383E+15 km², i think...\n\nYou can fit approx. 11,700 earths in a single ring around the sun, so you can imagine the amount of materials needed for a dyson sphere is pretty massive! (although Jupiter is more than a 1000 times more massive than the earth!)\n\nI think you might even need to destroy whole solar systems to get the materials required, but the planets, moons & asteriod belt would be a good place to start, assuming you need specific materials like metals especially.\n\nDon't even think about the cost!
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The earth's rotation.
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No one knows.\n\nScientists keep discovering large round things going around the sun (which is one definition of a planet).  Up until a few years ago, the pretty much accepted answer was 9:\n\n Mercury\n Venus\n Earth\n Mars\n Jupiter\n Saturn\n Uranus\n Neptune\n  and Pluto.\n\nBut in 2003 astronomers Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David Rabinowitz discovered another planet-sized body, WAY out beyond Pluto.  The official name of this 'planet' for now is just 2003UB313, which is an astronomical code for keeping track of new objects.  The astronomers submitted the discovery to the International Astronomical Union (IAU).  The IAU will not only pick a name for this new body, but they will also determine if it will be officially called a planet.  \n\n Since UB313 is bigger than Pluto, there is actually a chance that, if the IAU decides UB313 is not a planet, then Pluto will not be called a planet either.  By discovering a new 'planet,' we may have decreased the number of planets in our solar system from 9 to 8!\n\n But that's not the end of the story.  Mike Brown and the gang keep discovering other big things out there that could possibly be called planets.  Their web site (see the link below) lists three other large objects they have found that might someday be called planets.\n\n And THAT's not the end of the story, either. That's just our solar system.  Scientists are discovering planets that go around other stars quite often.  The second web site below is NASA's place for information about these extrasolar planets. As of 15 June there were 193 of them!
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Saturn.\n\nJust kidding.  It's Jupiter.
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Earth is (beside Sedna) the only planet in the solar system, whose name is not derived from the Greek or Roman mythology, the origin of the now used form of naming comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Erda (Erdaz), which means ground, soil, and Earth, the word changed to Eorthe or Erthe in Old English and to Erde in German.
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You could make a model of the solar system.  Use different sized Styrofoam balls for the planets.
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Xena is the tenth discovered planet although scientists still debate on whether its a planet or a captured iceball. Nirubu hasnt been officially declared a planet yet. Keep this in mind...the definition of planet or satellite is simply an object that travels in an orbital manner around a star. By the way I believe you meant solar system, not universe. We live in our solar system which resides in the milky way galaxy far out on one of the galaxies radial arms. There are billions of galaxies if not more! Feel small now?
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why don't u ask this question to our planet?it must give u the right answer,i asked it and it said its name was earth but u should ask it once more,in case it has changed its name from earth to something else..................like sun.