#7NamesFor7NewPlanets: NASA Asks Twitter for Name Ideas and the Responses Are Great

Astronomers recently confirmed that an “ultra cool dwarf” star 40 light-years away from Earth called Trappist-1, although not particularly active, has seven Earth-sized planets revolving around it.

A few days ago, NASA asked Twitter for name suggestions for the new planets, and Twitter delivered.

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets?
TRAPPIST-1b
TRAPPIST-1c
TRAPPIST-1d
TRAPPIST-1e
TRAPPIST-1f
TRAPPIST-1g
TRAPPIST-1h

? https://t.co/QS80AnZ2Jg pic.twitter.com/gis6Ba7UBu

— NASA (@NASA) February 24, 2017

Earth 2
Earth 2s
Earth 2s Plus
Earth 2s Plus 128GB
Earth 2s Plus 128GB Black
Earth 2s Plus 128GB Rose Gold
Earth 3#7NamesFor7NewPlanets

— trutherbotred (@trutherbotred) February 25, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Flint
Still
Doesn’t
Have
Safe
Drinking
Water

— Heather (@pinklady_ktown) February 24, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets ??

Has anyone considered just ASKING THEM what their names are?

Rude!

— Mr. Big ‘n Squeezy (@BigEnuff) February 24, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Pluto
Long Live Pluto
Pluto Forever
We Love Pluto
Screw You For Killing Pluto
Planet of the Keks
Pluto

— Idiocracy Rising (@TideOfFools) February 24, 2017

This one
That one
The other one
No, that one
More to the left
To my left
Oh, forget it#7NamesFor7NewPlanets

— Momentum-tum-tum! (@MomentumComic) February 24, 2017

By order of age of Trappists, the Trappist planets how they should be named. Spencer added for US friends #trappist #7NamesFor7NewPlanets pic.twitter.com/8eii7iwmyX

— Dominique Dierick (@Dodi_Gent) February 28, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
what
if
their
people
already
named
them

— Imperator Furiosa (@blackdeanarys) February 24, 2017

We need to find another habitable planet >_>#7NamesFor7NewPlanets b=”Helpme” c=”Obiwan” d=”Kenobi” e=”Youre” f=”Myonly” g=”Hope” h=”Leia”

— stefoehmen (@stefoehmen) February 28, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Planet
There’s a planet
Another planet
One more planet
Did you see that planet
Oh one more planet
OMG the last planet

— Dipankar Mondal (@hunterdipz) February 28, 2017

1. Coruscant
2. Naboo
3. Tatooine
4. Yavin
5. Hoth
6. Kashyyyk
7. Dagobah#7NamesFor7NewPlanets

— Jesse M. Strauss (@JesseMS42) February 28, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets
Sayagain
Plain Net
Whatwasthat
Huh
NoImean
Watt
Didntgetthat

— Bjoern Michaelsen (@Sweet5hark) February 28, 2017

#7namesfor7newplanets
From the inner to outer planets my names are…
Kronos
Optimus
Titania
Nirn
Selina
Terraria
Jeff

— Brendan Rex (@kingloudcloud) February 28, 2017

Pluto 1, Pluto 2, Pluto 3, Pluto 4, Pluto 5, Pluto 6, and Pluto 7. #Revenge #7NamesFor7NewPlanets

— Paul Watson (@paulmwatson) February 28, 2017

@NASA
Don’t
Let
Humans
Visit
They
Will
Destroy

— ᴊᴏᴇʏ✪ (@Joey368616) February 24, 2017

#7NamesFor7NewPlanets I’d go with the 7 dwarves names. You’ve already tried to fool us with this guy pic.twitter.com/tno58ex65j

— Graham Winstanley (@GrahamWins26) February 28, 2017

@NASA i don’t care about the names just tell me if i can escape this one to move to one of them PLEASE

— ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ (@kairosIwt) February 26, 2017