Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,alt.atheism,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Subject: Re: [OT] Name of the Solar System (was: Names.) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:57:27 -0800 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 156 Message-ID: <6962BD37.5EE5@ix.netcom.com> References: <10jmelc$1b9iv$1@gwaiyur.mb-net.net> <6960AAC5.4F04@ix.netcom.com> <6961E34F.2B7B@ix.netcom.com> <69627E2E.5532@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:57:12 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="39bacfaecd0cdc12422a2b2ff33bbd1c"; logging-data="3631174"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HFmnCV7fC/8GtIgSk393TXOnQWkTXn3Y=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZELNAKJ1mFgGBEInHI6cB967uIg= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 260110-6, 01/10/2026), Outbound message X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:668151 alt.atheism:3476889 alt.fan.rush-limbaugh:3005791 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 . Next time, check > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > [2] > > > > [3] > > > > > > > > ยน 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): > > > > -- > > > > 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.