How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there?

[Leros]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

 

[Kadarin]

wat

 

[Via]

The Gods live there. What's so hard to understand about that?

 

[gooseman]

What, do you think each one has a sign when you arrive that says "you are here" with the name of the planet?

 

[Pardus]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875452.html

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I think he means that alien civilizations have their own names.

 

[MTDEW]

Mankind isn't stupid, we ask the planet's parents.

 

[disappoint]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

You know how I know you been smokin shit?

 

[dr150]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

Like Vulcan or Alderon?....*puff*...*cough*

 

[BoomerD]

Well duh...because their names are on the damned map...

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Alf named the dwarf planets Alvin and Simon

I think we should go with that.

Also, why do I remember this fact from a 1980s sitcom ?

 

[sdifox]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

Here is a surprising concept. They are human names for the planets. Martians probably call them something else. Hell, Chinese call them different names than the English speaking crowd.

 

[MotionMan]

The same way we know the names of countries on Earth?:

http://yucatantoday.com/en/topics/origin-name-yucat-n

MotionMan

 

[shortylickens]

I think whoever colonizes Mars first should get to change the name.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I think whoever colonizes Mars first should get to change the name.

Nah,
Whomever colonizes Mars first will become known as Martians

 

[MotionMan]

Nah,
Whomever colonizes Mars first will become known as Martians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trya1ETd9Hs

MotionMan

 

[NFS4]

The Gods live there. What's so hard to understand about that?

"What does God need with a starship?"

 

[MotionMan]

"What does God need with a starship?"

:thumbsup:

MotionMan

 

[EagleKeeper]

How do you know your name?

 

[MotionMan]

How do you know your name?

<---- It's right over there.

MotionMan

 

[mmntech]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

Answer!

Step 1: Stop smoking weed
Step 2: ... :hmm:

 

[Jeff7]

Sounds like a job for Philosoraptor.

 

[IronWing]

I've never been to Spain but...

 

[cubby1223]

How can we know the names of the planets if we've never been there? :hmm:

Have you ever traveled to Germany?

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Since all of space is interconnected by energy there is no such thing as a planet; which means we are socially constructing the universe

So we name it whatever we want because all reality is inside of us.