charlesoberonn:

charlesoberonn:

Apparently the current proposed name of the hypothetical ninth planet is Persephone which is such a good name I’m mad I didn’t think of it.

Allow me to explain why it’s such a great name:

• It pays homage to Pluto, previously known as the ninth planet, since Persephone was Pluto/Hades’s wife in Greek Mythology
• It helps make up for the gender inequality in the names of planets, since Venus is the only other planet named after a woman
• If it exists, it’d be the coldest planet in the Solar System, and in Greek Mythology, it was Persephone’s time spent in the underworld that caused winter