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Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.)

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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > >
> > > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> > > >
> > > > cld wrote:
> > > > > Our solar system should have a name, to distinguish it from all the
> > > > > other solar systems.
> > > >
> > > > 1. You have posted to sci.physics.relativity.  This is off-topic here.
> > > >    You should have posted to <news:alt.astronomy>.  Next time, check
> > > >    <news:news.newusers.questions> to determine the right newsgroup for
> > > >    your question/discussion/problem.
> > > >
> > > > 2. Apropos names: Your postings will be more likely read if you post
> > > >    under your real name.  Statistically, single-named posters are more
> > > >    likely to be trolls or lusers; those only posting under acronyms
> > > >    doubly so.
> > > >
> > > > 3. It is required that the "From" header field of your posting contains
> > > >    an e-mail address.  "clowd@nimbus.net.inv" is not because there is no
> > > >    top-level domain ".inv", but there could be in the future.  See also
> > > >    RFC 5536 "NetNews Article Format".
> > > >
> > > > 4. "Solar System" *is* the official name used by the International
> > > >    Astronomical Union (IAU), and the preceding is the recommended
> > > >    spelling.  However, I grant you that since the (yet unfinished?)
> > > >    redesign of the IAU Web site, it is even more difficult to find it
> > > >    there.[1]
> > > >
> > > >    There is only one Solar System because there is only one star called Sol,
> > > >    Latin for English "the Sun" ("Sol" is derived from the Roman deity "Sol
> > > >    Invictus", "the unconquered sun"[2]; "sun" developed from Old English
> > > >    "sunne", cognate with similar words in other Germanic languages[3]),
> > > >    which is the primary of that planetary system.  Other planetary systems
> > > >    ought NOT be called "solar systems".
> > > >
> > > >    Use of the name "Sol" can also be found in astronomy software, for
> > > >    example Celestia.  For that reason I prefer the name "Sol System" that is
> > > >    also found in good science-fiction.
> > > >
> > > > ____
> > > > [1]
> > > > <https://web.archive.org/web/20250301230114/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/>
> > > > [2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_(Roman_mythology)>
> > > > [3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Etymology>
> > > >
> > > > ¹ Note that the term "star system" for such a system of celestial objects
> > > >   around a star or multiple stars, that you often find in popular-scientific
> > > >   and science-fiction contexts is wrong.  The term "star system" exists in
> > > >   astronomy, but means a system of two or more stars, not planets or smaller
> > > >   bodies, orbiting each other.  For example, the Alpha Centauri System is
> > > >   correctly named so because it consists of the stars Alpha Centauri A
> > > >   (Rigil Kentaurus), Alpha Centauri B (Toliman), and Alpha Centauri C
> > > >   (Proxima Centauri): <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri>
> > > > --
> > > > PointedEars
> > > >
> > > > Twitter: @PointedEars2
> > > > Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
> > >
> > > That's ALL sound sooo confusing...
> > > all dis talk of sol, sun, Roman days...
> > >
> > > It was then when Caesar and Jesus Christ time...
> > >
> > > It's not the God of the Sun that the romans were worshipping...it was
> > >
> > > the Sun of God...the Sol of God...the Son of God.
> > >
> > > I understand how the confusion came about..but please get dis stuff
> > > right!
> > >
> > > dat star in the sky everyone was following is the sol.
> > >
> > > God is the Light.
> > >
> > > yous are mistaken the sun of god, or god of the son, it's the son of
> > > God!
> > >
> > > Yous speld Sonday wrong...
> > >
> > > then Monday.
> > >
> > > Sunday is God day.
> > >
> > > Solday.
> > >
> > > Sonday.
> > >
> > > Jesus
> > > is
> > > the
> > > Sun
> > > of
> > > God.
> > >
> > > Sunday is
> > > God day.
> > >
> > > Atheist Day is Hellday.
> > >
> > > Hell of a week if you ask me..
> > >
> > > Fat ugly girls like to protest to pick up an ice guy.
> > >
> > > How do you spel Learing anyway?
> > >
> > > I see Trump wants to get rid of all the
> > > communists in the USA hemisphere..
> > >
> > > dat explains why they killed JFK, he
> > > let those communists in our hemisphere.
> > >
> > > dat to me is punishable by death.
> >
> > To ALLOW communists to enter our hemisphere, and
> > take over Cuba in OUR hemisphere...is unacceptable.
> >
> > The only good commie is a dead commie.
> 
> In other words, President Trump is surrounded today by a bunch of
> cowards like
> JFK who let communists in OUR hemisphere.
> 
> If Putin or China threatens to use the atomic bombs on us, the cowards
> give in.
> 
> dats how they got Cuba.
> 
> Trump is surrounded by cowards left and right.
> 
> He is not going to give in, but the cowards want to give in.
> 
> dat was jfk mistake.
> 
> get rid of the cowards.


Here is how I would advise Trump to handle Putin...

If Putin sez to Trump..."I'LL FUCKING DROP A NUCLUER BOMB ON MANHATTAN
ISLAND AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE GAZA!!!!"

Trump should simply respond with... "Go ahead and see what happens."




-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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Names. cld <clowd@nimbus.net.inv> - 2026-01-07 16:00 +0000
  Re: Names. athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-07 17:45 +0000
  Re: Names. Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-07 10:00 -0800
    Names and designations of celestial objects (was: Names) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-01-07 21:29 +0100
      Re: Names and designations of celestial objects Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-07 21:00 -0800
        Re: Names and designations of celestial objects Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-01-08 15:06 +0100
          Re: Names and designations of celestial objects Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-08 08:37 -0800
  Re: Names. nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-01-07 20:40 +0100
  [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-01-07 21:11 +0100
    Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-01-08 23:14 -0800
      Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-01-09 21:24 -0800
      Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-01-09 21:27 -0800
        Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-01-10 08:28 -0800
          Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-01-10 12:57 -0800
    Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System squalk <sq@net.inv> - 2026-01-14 20:31 +0000
      Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-01-14 18:34 -0800
        Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System squalk <sq@net.inv> - 2026-01-15 19:19 +0000
          [OT] Address munging (was: [OT] Name of the Solar System) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2026-01-15 23:31 +0100
  Re: Names. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-09 00:19 -0800
    Re: Names. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-09 00:21 -0800
      Re: Names. cld <clowd@nimbus.net.inv> - 2026-01-09 19:11 +0000
        Re: Names. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-14 18:31 -0800
          Re: Names. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-01-14 18:40 -0800

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