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Call it Star Wars. In the end, Oron defeated Shahak and Rahab prevailed over Tarshish as the Hebrew Language Academy on Wednesday unveiled the new names of two planets referred to until now by non-Hebrew names. Henceforth, Uranus will be known as "Oron" and Neptune as "Rahab."
The initiative to find Hebrew names for planets was first launched by Harel Ben-Ami and Lev Tal-Or, two instructors at the Unit for Science-Oriented Youth, which is part of Tel Aviv University's School of Education. T
Oron" received 2,808 votes a replacement for "Uranus," far ahead of "Shahak." Nearly 3,000 voters preferred "Rahab" for Neptune, more than double those who wished to see it named Tarshish.
Both Hebrew names were inspired by their Greek and Latin equivalents. Rahab, like Neptune, comes from the nautical world: It is the name of a sea monster in the Bible and Talmud. A source at the Academy said Oron was chosen partly because of its phonetic similarity to the word Uranus and partly because "Oron means small light - hinting at the pale light the planet emits when seen from Earth because of its great distance from the sun."
can satan be renamed mr cuddles...
Originally posted by ZombieOctopus
That's fine, but only if we can posthumously rename deceased Jews.
From now on Solomon will be known as Porkchop and Jesus Christ will be honoured with Mr. Fabulous.
Originally posted by fatdad
can satan be renamed mr cuddles...
Originally posted by ZombieOctopus
That's fine, but only if we can posthumously rename deceased Jews.
From now on Solomon will be known as Porkchop and Jesus Christ will be honoured with Mr. Fabulous.
[edit on 31-12-2009 by fatdad]
Originally posted by spikey
Can we rename 'David' to Daffy? Please, please, please!
'From now on, i wish to be called..Loretta'.
Originally posted by ZeroKnowledge
By the way - rest of the planets already do have Hebrew names. Since those names were used long before Roman/Greek ones. And NASA somehow dares to use other names. Tsk tsk tsk. We shall take over the world and force all to say Noga instead of Venus or Maadim instead of Mars. Pinky and The Brain - get to it.