Nasa asked people to help name seven new planets. The answers are out of this world
Much excitement greeted the news that a new solar system had been discovered that could actually support life.
Nasa identified seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1. And at 40 light years away – 235 trillion miles – it’s (relatively) close to our own.
*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
But it wasn’t half as exciting as when Nasa asked the internet for help in naming these seven new planets.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets?
TRAPPIST-1b
TRAPPIST-1c
TRAPPIST-1d
TRAPPIST-1e
TRAPPIST-1f
TRAPPIST-1g
TRAPPIST-1hhttps://t.co/QS80AnZ2Jg pic.twitter.com/gis6Ba7UBu
— NASA (@NASA) February 24, 2017
Twitter was so excited it went into orbit.
Here are our favourite suggestions.
1.
#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
2.
Earth 2
Earth 2s
Earth 2s Plus
Earth 2s Plus 128GB
Earth 2s Plus 128GB Black
Earth 2s Plus 128GB Rose Gold
Earth 3#7NamesFor7NewPlanets— trutherbotred (@trutherbotred) February 25, 2017
3.
This one
That one
The other one
No, that one
More to the left
To my left
Oh, forget it#7NamesFor7NewPlanets— Momentum-tum-tum! (@MomentumComic) February 24, 2017
4.
Planet Fitness
Planet Hollywood
Captain Planet
Planet of the Apes
Planet Coaster
Pizza Planet
Pluto #7NamesFor7NewPlanets— Scott Williams (@jswilliams1962) February 24, 2017
5.
STARK
LANNISTER
BARATHEON
TARGARYEN
TULLY
GREYJOY
TYRELL#7NamesFor7NewPlanets— KΔRMΔ (@smile_always_96) February 26, 2017
6.
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
7.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
what
if
their
people
already
named
them— Imperator Furiosa (@blackdeanarys) February 24, 2017
8.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Give you up
Let you down
Run around
Desert you
Make you cry
Say goodbye
Tell a lie and hurt you— Michael (@MichaelT162) February 24, 2017
9.
#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
10.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Snapchat
YouTube
Messenger
Tumblr— ⓒⓐⓣⓗⓔⓡⓘⓝⓔ (@itssmecath) February 24, 2017
11.
New Earth, New New Earth, New New New Earth, New New New New Earth, New New New New New Earth, New New New New New New #7NamesFor7NewPlanets
— Anne (@whenineternal) February 24, 2017
12.
stone
chamber
prisoner
goblet
order
prince
hallows #7NamesFor7NewPlanets— lottie (@pottersnewt) February 24, 2017
13.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Sleepy
Happy
Dopey
Sneezey
Grumpy
Bashful
Doc— Aviva Jacobs (@JacobsAviva) February 24, 2017
14.
Hey
Batter
Batter
Batter
Batter
Sa-WING
Batter#7NamesFor7NewPlanets pic.twitter.com/3IGAmw4kdh— CW (@Carpe_Latte) February 24, 2017
15.
#7NamesFor7NewPlanets Scobee, Smith, McNair, Onizuka, Resnik, Jarvis, and McAuliffe pic.twitter.com/lVCkeLVwZ7
— Joseph Grohman (@joeygrohman) February 24, 2017