What Should We Name Planet 9?
The math is pretty clear: our Sun has a ninth planet out there, so far out that it makes Pluto look like a next-door neighbor.
For now, they've taken to calling it Planet Nine. But if and when it's actually discovered, we'll need a better name than that.
What, then, should we call it?
First, a few parameters.
We should name P9 for a goddess.
Gods know, we've got plenty of Boy planets out there already. We could use more Girls in this family.
We should name P9 for a Classical deity.
Only a polytheist nomenclature is equal to describing the magnificence of That Which Is; all the other planets are already so-named. (While a foolish consistency may be the hobgoblin of small minds, internal systemic consistency is a simple matter of aesthetics. Call it contextual cognitive resonance, if you like.) No pantheon-mixing in this solar system, please.
The name should be in its Latin—not Greek—form.
After all, we say Saturn, not Khronos, Neptune, not Poseidon. While a foolish consistency may be the hobgoblin of small minds....
The Latin name should be in Anglicized form.
After all, we say Saturn, not Saturnus, Neptune, not Neptunus. A foolish consistency...
Granted the above parameters, then, an obvious choice presents itself.