Talk:Planetary nomenclature

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[edit] Titan nomenclature

The main article previously claimed that features on Titan would be named after "ancient displaced cultures". However, the USGS planetary nomenclature page changed sometime between 2003 Dec 7 [1] and 2004 Feb 13 [2]. -- JTN 13:09, 2005 Jan 19 (UTC)

[edit] Languages

I'm confused - if the IAU only gives a single name to each object, why do the planets have different names in French from English (e.g. Saturne versus Saturn)? Is this purely for historical reasons? In such cases, are both names official or only the English, or only the French, or Latin? -86.140.131.33 19:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

On a related point, if there's a new class of objects called plutons, will the French (and others) have to stop calling Charon's companion Pluton? —Tamfang 00:18, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stellar Notation

Sun = Sol
Mercury = Sol-1
Venus = Sol-2
Earth = Sol-3 -or- Sol-T-1
Mars = Sol-4
Jupiter = Sol-Prime
Saturn = Sol-5
Uranus = Sol-6
Neptune = Sol-7
Pluto = Sol-D-1 (While not a planet) -or- Sol-T-2 (While a planet)
Eris = Sol-D-2
--Raekuul 22:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

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