Renaming of star systems

Escorpion · Dec 16, 2015

Hello there!

I know that Frontier has previously shaped his representation of the Milky Way according to the new discoveries and changes that astronomers had been making lately. Accuracy is one thing sought after by Frontier whenever is possible, and that pleases me. Yesterday, several star system had been nicknamed by IAU (International Astronomical Union) and I wonder if Frontier can change the names of some of these star systems. These are the 14 stars systems with 31 planets that have been renamed:

Type Star Planet	Scientific nomenclature 14 Andromedae 14 Andromedae b	New Name Veritate Spe	Country of the team who named it Canada
Star Planet	18 Delphini 18 Delphini b	Musica Arion	Japan
Star Planet	42 Draconis 42 Draconis b	Fafnir Orbitar	USA
Star Planet Planet	47 Ursae Majoris 47 Ursae Majoris b 47 Ursae Majoris c	Chalawan Taphao Thong Taphao Kaew	Thailand
Star Planet	51 Pegasi 51 Pegasi b	Helvetios Dimidium	Switzerland
Star Planet Planet Planet Planet Planet	55 Cancri 55 Cancri b 55 Cancri c 55 Cancri d 55 Cancri e 55 Cancri f	Copernicus Galileo Brahe Lippershey Janssen Harriot	The Netherlands
Planet	Ain b (epsilon Tauri b)	Amateru	Japan
Planet	Edasich b (iota Draconis b)	Hypatia	Spain

Star Planet	epsilon Eridani epsilon Eridani b	Ran AEgir	USA
Planet	Errai b (gamma Cephei b)	Tadmor	Syria
Planet	Fomalhaut b (alpha Piscis Austrini b)	Dagon	USA
Star Planet	HD 104985 HD 104985 b	Tonatiuh Meztli	Mexico
Star Planet	HD 149026 HD 149026 b	Ogma Smertrios	France
Star Planet	HD 81688 HD 81688 b	Intercrus Arkas	Japan
Star Planet Planet Planet Planet	mu Arae mu Arae b mu Arae c mu Arae d mu Arae e	Cervantes Quijote Dulcinea Rocinante Sancho	Spain
Planet	Pollux b (beta Geminorum b)	Thestias	Australia
Star Planet Planet Planet	PSR 1257+12 PSR 1257+12 b PSR 1257+12 c PSR 1257+12 d	Lich Draugr Poltergeist Phobetor	Italy
Star Planet Planet Planet	upsilon Andromedae upsilon Andromedae b upsilon Andromedae c upsilon Andromedae d	Titawin Saffar Samh Majriti	Morocco
Star Planet	xi Aquilae xi Aquilae b	Libertas Fortitudo	Japan

Some of the new names are simply gorgeous!

Source: http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/

Snarfbuckle · Dec 16, 2015

I would suggest not using invisible ink when posting things.

bshaftoe · Dec 22, 2015

Let's bump this, just to make sure it's read.

LNEWLFE · Nov 6, 2016

Makes sence to me....if E : D is 1200 years in the future, seems to reason as we add terms/planets/ideas, the game would adjust accordingly

WALLAC3 · Nov 7, 2016

expanding on this, I think ED should work with the star registry and allow players to pay a micro-transaction fee in game to rename a star that actually exists but has some numerical name not just in game, but also in real life! Add like $1 to the cost of doing that and the community could start naming all the cool nearby stars, and ED could make enough money to actually grow this game into something even cooler.

LNEWLFE · Nov 13, 2016

WALLAC3 said:
expanding on this, I think ED should work with the star registry and allow players to pay a micro-transaction fee in game to rename a star that actually exists but has some numerical name not just in game, but also in real life! Add like $1 to the cost of doing that and the community could start naming all the cool nearby stars, and ED could make enough money to actually grow this game into something even cooler.

If thats possible, that would be very interesting...except it should be more along the lines of a monthly vote, that 5 dollar micro trans would go to tickets for the vote so to speak. Otherwise people would dump hundreds of dollars and name them all, there would be constant changing of names there by ing off the registry, stupid names etc etc etc. Heavily monitored monthly votes would be neat, though.

Nomadski · Nov 14, 2016

I just hope Sweden doesn't ever get to name planets or we will have the horror of IKEA spread round the verse!

M_Biscotti · Nov 14, 2016

WALLAC3 said:
expanding on this, I think ED should work with the star registry and allow players to pay a micro-transaction fee in game to rename a star that actually exists but has some numerical name not just in game, but also in real life! Add like $1 to the cost of doing that and the community could start naming all the cool nearby stars, and ED could make enough money to actually grow this game into something even cooler.

In short, IMHO, nothing good for the game can come from this idea, just misplaced pride from some players.
I think what is missing is ads/announcements from Frontier on youtube. As for example, the 2 options added in keyboard options menu with now, colors for lasers, and coming colors for engines, or the cute little christmas tree. [praise]

Dybite · Jan 4, 2017

+1 good idea

Tryst · Jan 5, 2017

Nomadski said:
I just hope Sweden doesn't ever get to name planets or we will have the horror of IKEA spread round the verse!

If Russia do it, all planet names would end with 'ski'
If Africa were to do it, all the names would be unpronounceable by the human tongue and contain mostly vowels.
If UK did it, the names would be bland and uninteresting.

WALLAC3 · Jan 11, 2017

nothing good, except a revenue stream for FDev to improve the game, free advertising in geeky journals (because I'm sure this would make headlines), and a reason to explore. Sure there may be downsides, but surely plenty of good could come from this if you think about it for a couple minutes.