Planet Terra - TV Tropes Planet Terra You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share "Here lies Terra, known to antiquity as Earth, the heart of the Imperium of Man..." — Warhammer 40,000 This is a fairly simple trope. It is simply the habit of calling Earth "Terra" in Sci Fi. The word is adopted from the Latin word for, well, earth. It is used to make the planet Earth follow the Roman naming systems for the planets of the Solar System and also as a more respectable description for the inhabitants of the planet rather than " Earthling ". Another advantage is that it is language-neutral, since it is by far the most common word for the planet—three world languages call this planet Terra or some variant thereofnote Portuguese borrows the Latin "Terra", Spanish calls it "Tierra", and French uses the word "Terre"—which gives French SF authors the convenient advantage of referring to the inhabitants as "Terriens", or "Terrans"., as do many smaller Romance (i.e. Latin-derived) languages.

And it provides a convenient standardisation in that Earth is otherwise the only planet in the Solar system that is not named for a Roman deity. This is often accompanied by reference to Earth's sun as "Sol", and the moon as "Luna", to differentiate them from other suns or moons. Calling Earth "Terra" may be a result of an Earth That Was scenario. Due to the dubious pronunciation and spelling of ancient languages, "Tella" also fits here. SF authors of the 1930s also applied another Latin name at times, "Tellus", which means the same thing. Examples: open/close all folders Anime and Manga In Trinity Blood , Methuselahs refer to humans as Terrans. Because, as the original novels reveal , the first Methuselahs were created on Mars. Toward the Terra . In Outlaw Star , humans are mostly referred to as just that, but some characters refer to them as Terrans. Notably Aisha , and usually with a note of derision. In Space Battleship Yamato 2199 , the alien Gamilas call Earth Terron which is explained as their rendering of Terra/Terrans.

(Apparently they couldn't tell the name of the planet and that of the species apart—they cannot do that for their own planet, either.) Fan Works The primary kaiju home world and setting for the Godzilla series in The Bridge is referred to as Terra, which is also a moniker for certain labels. As such the benign kaiju faction is referred to as the Terran Defenders to distinguish them from the neutral or malign Mutations. Film In Guardians of the Galaxy Quill is exclusively referred to as "Terran," and Earth as "Terra," by most of the alien races, particularly Nova Corps. Though he's also called a "hummie" occasionally by Rocket, so they're at least aware of the word humans use for themselves. Literature The government in Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein is the Terran Federation. The titular organization in the Terran Trade Authority series by Stewart Cowley. The Saga of the Seven Suns series has the Terran Hanseatic League. Most of Andre Norton 's science fiction stories. E. E. ï¿½Docï¿½ Smith 's stories referred to our planet as both Earth and Terra. He also used the alternate name Tellus.

Poul Anderson 's Technic History stories refer to Terra and the Terran (or sometimes Terrestrial) Empire. Anderson justifies the use in an odd way: once, an alien asked where he comes from replies, "from earth" - but that is what the name of his home planet means if he translates it, so "Terra" is used to distinguish various earths spread throughout the Galaxy. An odd inversion is that Edmond Hamilton's Starwolf trilogy always speaks of humans as Earthmen, but the back-cover blurb describes the main character as a Terran. Keith Laumer 's Retief stories frequently use the abbreviated "Terry" for Terrestrial. There's no sense of it being derogatory, as the Terries use it themselves often enough. Also, Earth's diplomatic corps is known as the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne. In Sergey Lukyanenko 's Line of Delirium trilogy, Earth is renamed Terra and serves as the capital of the Human Empire . It appears to have happened sometime during the Vague War , as a note Kay finds dating back to the war still refers to the planet as Earth. "Terra" and "Terrans" are used throughout H.

Beam Piper 's "Terro-Human Future History". "Terra" is the most common name for the home planet of Perry Rhodan. Earth has become known as "Terra" in S.L. Viehl's Stardoc series. In Elliot S. Maggin's Superman novel Last Son of Krypton , Lex Luthor complains when aliens call him an Earthling, because he prefers "Terran". They explain that the translator operates according to the listener's intention, so if Luthor decides he wants to hear "Terran" instead, that's what he'll hear. (It works, at which point he decides to make the translations of his interrogators' names and species terms as insulting to them as possible.) In the novelization of Men in Black , humans are called "terries". (At least by Edgar the bug, so it's likely a derogatory derivative of "terran".) In Bob Shaw's Who Goes Here? many of the officers of Earth's military prefer the term "Terra". One enlisted man notes it's often a sign of an idealistic fool who's likely to get his men killed; the ones who say "The Mighty Terra" are particularly bad.

Naturally, the protagonist's commanding officer is of this type. In the Catteni series by Anne McCaffrey , the humans are referred to as "Terrans" by the alien Catteni, and sometimes by the humans themselves. In Francis Carsac 's Robinsons of the Cosmos, the Transplanted Humans end up calling their new planet "Tellus". At the end, they name their new unified nation the Union of Tellus Republics. Live Action TV In Stargate SG-1 it was mentioned once that the Ancients called earth Terra, of course, Latin is derived from their language . Though most of the time the Goa'uld word, Tau'ri, is used for humans from earth. "Tau'ri" (lit. "The First World") is the name for Earth itself. Humans from Earth were originally referred to as "Humans of the Tau'ri," and was eventually shortened to just "Tau-ri" for the sake of brevity. Played with and finally averted in the original Battlestar Galactica —"Terra" turns out not to be Earth, but rather a splinter group from the Thirteenth Tribe that colonized Earth.

Surprisingly, their history is similar to ours, except on Terra Those Wacky Nazis and Dirty Communists have joined togethernote Which is nowhere near as silly as it sounds and nearly ended up being Truth in Television to form the Eastern Alliance, a totalitarian regime that seeks to rule the universe. They also sign peace treaties that they have no intention of keeping ( Does This Remind You of Anything? ). Aliens very rarely refer to humans originating from Earth as "Tellurians" in Doctor Who . Space Patrol (US) has Terra, a sort of Space Canberra that functions as both the capital city and base of operations for the Space Patrol. Tabletop Games The BattleTech universe had the Terran Hegemony. The planet is mostly referred to as Terra, as well. Renegade Legion has an imperial government known as the Terran Overlord Government. Holy Terra is the homeworld of the Imperium of Man in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The use of the Latin word is particularly appropriate, as 40k has a translation convention of using Latin (or debased Latin-like words) to represent "High Gothic"—the archaic administrative and religious language of the Imperium of Man.

That said, even when characters are using the more colloquial "Low Gothic" (represented by English) they still tend to call the human homeworld "Terra". The term probably filtered down into Low Gothic from High Gothic, given that to the vast majority of Imperial citizens Terra is a near-mythical place of superlative religious significance, referred to mainly in hymns and prayers. The Horus Heresy series shows that this isn't an all-that-old development, given the time scale of the world - by the times of Heresy, two centuries after the inception of the Imperium, some Astartes still refer to the Throneworld as Earth. The Beast Arises, which takes place some two thousand years after, also notes that "Earth" is still one of the names for Terra, although by that time it's clearly going out of use. The Starfire universe has the Terran Federation. The Terran Confederation in Traveller . Terrans are alternately called "Solomani"(men from the sun) and that is the preferred rendering in the Third Imperium era which is the default time of the GURPS line.

Inverted in Manhunter, the long out-of-print sourcebook for Rifts (and the only officially-sanctioned Rifts book not published by Palladium Books). The book has Earth as well as Terra, the later is a new homeworld founded by Humans after Earth was rendered nearly uninhabitable . Theme Parks Universal's Halloween Horror Nights in 2005 was themed around a horrifying alternate planet called "Terra Cruentus" note When translated, the name means "Blood Earth" Video Games In X3 Terran Conflict , the humans in the Sol system are referred to as "Terrans", but the planet is still called Earth, as is their government (the Earth State); the games make the distinction between "human" used to refer to the species as a whole, and national affiliation like the Terran, Argon, and Solaran . In X Rebirth , the residents of the Republic of Cantera are sometimes referred to as Terrans, being an Earth State Lost Colony . Happens partially in Star Control , where instead of the Sun and the Moon we have Sol and Luna. Earth is named Earth and the humans Earthlings and not Terrans, however. The Galactic Terran Aliance from FreeSpace .

Earth is still Earth, however. In the sequel, two sides use Terran in their name: the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance (composed of humans and Vasudans) and the Neo-Terran Front (composed of anti-Vasudan human radicals, with a vision of 'Neo-Terra' as an utopia for humans). In StarCraft , humans are called Terrans, but strangely, the planet is still called Earth every single time it's mentioned. And they're referred to as humans instead of terrans reasonably often. StarCraft is actually a weird case of this, as the terrans are the humans not associated with earth. The people from earth still call themselves humans. The French translation uses untranslated "Terran" for the Terran confederacy (and later empire) of the Koprulu sector, and translated "Terriens" for the United Earth Directory forces. Wing Commander has the Terran Confederation, with "Terrans" occasionally being used by non-human races to refer to the speciess originating from Sol III. The Expanded Universe makes it clear that the Confederation is centered on Terra/Earth, but includes members from other species, such as the Firekkans.

In the Unrealverse , the Skaarj call humans Terrans. PlanetSide has the Terran Republic . Which still calls it's home earth. The main race in the sequel to Galactic Civilizations is the Terran Alliance. That is the default name, though. You can call it what you wish. Rock 'N Roll Racing refers to Snake Sanders' home planet (very blatantly Earth-like) as Terra. In Final Fantasy , the setting is usually called "Gaia" (Greek for Earth) but in Final Fantasy IX the plot's impetus is an invasion by another planet known as Terra. The Battle Opera Gunmech universe has the Terran Alliance. Subverted in Star Citizen . There's a planet called Terra , but it's actually a major colony that happens to look extremely similar to Earth. Earth itself remains and is still the political, economical and military core of the titular United Empire of Earth(UEE). Played with in Star Ruler and Star Ruler 2 , where the human faction are referred to as "Terrakin". The plotless first game never explains why the starting planet isn't Earth/Terra, but the second game's backstory explains the playable Terrakin as a Lost Colony whose colony ship was thrown way off course.

Played with in Master of Orion : Conquer the Stars, where the Terrans are Transplanted Humans hailing from Alpha Ceti (where they were dumped by the Antarans after they were no longer needed). The main humanity is still called "Human". The Terran Khanate is the Evil Counterpart to the Human Republic. Web Original All beings that can trace their lineage back to Earth in Orion's Arm are referred to as 'Terragen', and the region of space they inhabit is, obviously, called the Terragen Sphere. Note that most terragens were not actually born/created on Earth, and are hence not Terrans proper—they're just all, ultimately, descended from or created by Terrans. Escape from Terra , obviously. And many of the planet's inhabitants are referred to as "Terries". In Schlock Mercenary Earth still retains its English name. But the star it orbits is known as "Sol", and its terraformed and heavily populated moon was renamed "Luna" by "The Committee for Differentiating Our Planet From a Bare Behind." Western Animation Battle for Terra is a subversion. Terra here is an alien planet named so by the humans fleeing the destroyed Earth. Its real name is unknown.

The baseline humans are referred as "Terrans" in Exo Squad to distinguish them from Neosapiens and get around the small fact that both races are human, regardless of the fact that they don't call Earth "Terra", or that many humans are natives of Venus or the moons of the outer planets. Real Life One of Perry Rhodan's authors, Willi Voltz, used the word in a political context. He was heard addressing his readers as "Terrans" and explaining that he wanted to have this understood as a honorific of people whose mindset was advanced enough that they would identify themselves as members of the human species as a whole and not of an ethnic or national community. :: Indexes :: Origins of Planet Names: A Quick Guide | Wyzant Resources Websters Word Histories (Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc., Publishers, 1989), p. 368. A medical term for a tree struck by blight comes from an old belief that malignant aspects of the planets caused death and suffering on earth. When plants and animals died or fell ill for no apparent reason, they were said to be planet-struck.

The term is first recorded in 1600. Source of Information: Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1997), p. 530. The ancients were convinced that there were just seven planets including the: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. It was also strongly believed that these planets were particularly important in the affairs of mankind. The astrological study of their positions among the stars at the moment of ones birth was supposed to give information about his/her fate. The general character of a person was thought to be determined by which planet she/he was born under according to the calculations of astrologers, and such superstitions continue in modern times. Each of the seven planets was also believed to have a special influence over its designated day of the week: First day, Sol or the Sun; Second day, Luna or the Moon; Third day, Mars; Fourth day, Mercury; Fifth day, Jupiter; Sixth day, Venus; and the Seventh day, Saturn. The alchemists of the Middle Ages noted that there were seven planets and seven metals which were matched with the planets.

The seven metals presented by the alchemists and matched with the planets include (in English): gold (Sun), silver (Moon), copper (Venus), iron (Mars), tin (Jupiter), lead (Saturn), and quicksilver (Mercury). Much more has been learned about the planets since 1977 because of the flights of Voyagers 1 and 2 (you may see a summary of the subject with a simple click). Planets with and without Moons in their Orbital Orders from the Sun Neptune , thirteen satellites. Pluto , four moons, the largest being Charon. The planets are illustrated below and links are available for more details about their myths, symbolisms, and scientific information. Just click on the image of your choice for further details. Apollo , the Sun god, and the center of our solar-planetary system. Mercury , messenger of the Roman gods (first planet from the sun). Venus , goddess of love and beauty, springtime and flowers (second planet from the sun). Gaea , Earth goddess (ancient Greeks thought of her as Terra Mater) Earth Mother (third planet from the sun).

Diana, or Luna , Roman goddess of the Moon, animals, and hunting (earths moon). Pluto , Greek god of wealth, ruled the dark underworld of myth (ninth planet from the sun). Other terms related to the word "planet" planetarian: 1. Belonging to or connected with a planet or planets; planetary. 2. An astrologer. 3. An inhabitant of a planet. planetarium: 1. A building usually with a domed ceiling onto which movable images of the stars, planets, and other objects seen in the night sky are projected for an audience. 2. A model of the solar system, often a working model showing how the planets revolve around the Sun. planetarily: After the manner of a planet; figuratively, with uncertain recurrence. planetary: 1. Relating to, belonging to, involving, or typical of planets. 2. Involving or relating to the whole earth, all the people or countries of the world, or a large proportion of them. planetesimal: 1.

A small body that is the precursor of a planet in the early stages of solar system development, or the fragmented result of a cataclysmic collision between a planet and another celestial body. 2. A small rocky celestial object thought to have orbited the Sun in the early stages of the solar system before coalescing with others to form the planets. 3. A small solid body following a planetary orbit; a miniature planet. planetical: 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; planetary. 2. Wandering, roving, vagrant. planeticose: Given to wandering. planetography: A description of the physical features of a planet. planetoid, planetoidal: 1. A branch of astronomy that studies the origin and composition of the planets and other solid bodies in the solar system such as comets and meteors; asteroid. 2. A body resembling a planet; a name sometimes given to the minor planets or asteroids. 3. Of or belonging to the astroids. planetolatry: Idolatrous worship of the planets. planetologist: 1. Someone who studies the planets including their origins and compositions. 2. An expert or specialist in planetology.

planetology: A branch of astronomy dealing with planets and satellites, including their surface features, structures, chemical compositions, and atmospheres. planisphere: A circular star map drawn for a given latitude, having a rotating mask that shows which constellations are visible at any time and date in the year. superplanetary: Above the surface of a planet. Solar System - Names of the Planets SOLAR SYSTEM Jiri W a g n e r , Jr., wag@volny.cz Names of the Planets For brevity's sake I've omitted the articles commonly used in some languages. The Mandarin words mean (approximately): "The Brightest; Star of Water; Star of Metal; Sphere of Ground (Earth); Star of Fire; Star of Wood; Star of Soil (Dirt); Star of the King of Heaven; Star of the King of the Ocean; Star of the King of Hell". The Korean, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese lines are pronounications. When they are written in Chinese characters the Korean words have almost the same meanings as those listed in the row for Chinese.

terra - Wiktionary terra 29 bc, Vergil , Georgics , III omne adeo genvs in terris hominvmqve ferarvmqve et genvs æqvorevm pecvdes pictæqve volvcres in fvrias ignemqve rvvnt So far does every species on earth of man and beast, whether the aquatic species, livestock, or painted-winged, collapse into the frenzies and the fire [of sex]. […] et asportavit ea in terram sennaar in domvm dei svi […] […] which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god […] Usage notes[ edit ] The use of terra to describe the globe as a heavenly body was already established in antiquity, but (like Earth ) gradually became treated as a proper noun Terra in New Latin as it became more indistinguishable from other planets and became treated as a simple name. terra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book [1] , London: Macmillan and Co.

the earth; the glob: orbis terrae, terrarum the continent: (terra) continens (B. G. 5. 8. 2) an inland region; the interior: terra (regio) mediterranea the earth brings forth fruit, crops: terra effert (more rarely fert, but not profert) fruges the earth brings forth fruit abundantly: terra fundit fruges the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26) the atmosphere: aer terrae circumiectus or circumfusus the atmosphere: aer qui est terrae proximus a zone: orbis, pars (terrae), cingulus to be contiguous, adjacent to a country: tangere, attingere terram to be contiguous, adjacent to a country: finitimum esse terrae to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous: continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2.

2) the empire reaches to the ends of the world: imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur the most distant countries, the world's end: ultimae terrae the most distant countries, the world's end: extremae terrae partes to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land): iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra) to travel through the most remote countries: disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare) to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere to sink into the earth: in terram demergi to keep one's eyes on the ground: oculos figere in terra and in terram geography: terrarum or regionum descriptio (geographia) to conquer a country: terra potiri to reduce a country to subjection to oneself: terram suae dicionis facere to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself) to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere the storm drives some one on an unknown coast: pro

cella (tempestas) aliquem ex alto ad ignotas terras (oras) defert to land (of people): appellere navem (ad terram, litus) to land, disembark: exire, egredi in terram to be unable to land: portu, terra prohiberi (B.

C. 3. 15) terra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers terra in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology , London: John Murray How Did the Earth Get Its Name? – Upvoted Redditor JaySilver posted a curious fact in Reddit’s Today I Learned Community: No one actually knows who named Earth. Well, is this really a surprise? As one Reddit user so helpfully points out: Comment from discussion kegfullofshit's comment from discussion "TIL: We don't actually know who named Earth." . It’s impossible to know who originally came up with the name Earth (and really, it’s doubtful that any one person came up with it at all). Rather, the name most likely came to be as the English language evolved over time. Earth is a special little snowflake in more ways than one. Unlike the other dead planets in our solar system, Earth is the only that doesn’t seem to be directly named after a Greek or Roman god. Let’s look at Venus—a goddess with instant recognition.

This is a planet that’s romantically named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, even if the planet is anything but lovely—it’s a hot burning hell. Mars is the warrior planet, named after the god of war (though its lack of a strong magnetic field means this planet can’t really fight solar radiation like Earth can). Pluto, the newest “planet” discovered in our solar system, was actually named by 11-year-old Venetia Burney in the year 1930 . As a casual fan of Roman mythology, she thought the ruler of the underworld would be a fitting name for this dark and cold planet dwarf. Her grandfather happened to know an Oxford astronomer who brought it up to his colleagues and the rest is history. You would think Earth would have a distinct and powerful name like Pluto or Jupiter (the king of gods). Instead, most people don’t know what the hell the word Earth even means, mainly because the word is derived from several different cultures. Reddit user Ameisen explains: “The English word Earth doesn’t come from Old English and German. “Rather, the English word comes from Old English eorþe, which shares the same ancestry as German Erde (and Dutch aarde, etc).

“It comes from Common Germanic ertho. It did mean ‘ground’ or ‘soil’ at the time, though Anglo-Saxon usage also let it mean ‘the world.’ If you’d asked a Saxon at the time ‘what planet do we live on, he would have no idea what a planet is.” Keep in mind: Everything leads back to the Greeks and Romans. The Romans considered Earth itself a goddess, according to Will Durant’s Heroes of History . They called it Terra Mater or Mother Earth. In the Romance languages, Earth is derived from this Latin name—tierra in Spanish, terre in French, terra in Italian. Terra Mater laying with four children, most likely representing the four seasons. (Glyptothek Museum/Wikimedia Commons) The goddess Erda was the viking’s version of Terra Mater in Norse mythology. Erda being “the primeval earth-mother, who knows all the secrets of nature and destiny,” describes the University of Michigan’s mythology department. While Earth may seem like a somewhat dull and boring name, its fascinating linguistic history actually proves otherwise. So why is Earth, called Earth?

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Gaelic Grian Mearcair Ribhinn An Talamh Gealach Corg Bliogh Satarn Ur�nus Neipti�n Pli�t� (Scottish Gaelic) Welsh Haul Mercher Gwener Daear Lleuad Mawrth Iau Sadwrn Wranws Neifion Plwton Breton Heol Merc'her Gwener Douar Loar Meurzh Yaou Sadorn Ouran Neizhan Ploudon Hebrew Shemesh Kochav Chama Nogah Eretz Yareach Ma'adim Tzedek Shabtay Uron Rahav Pluto Arabic Shams Otaared Zuhra Ard Quamar Merrikh Mushtarie Zuhal Uraanus Niptuun Plutoon Turkish Günes Merkür Venüs Dünya Ay Mars Jüpiter Satürn Uranüs Neptün Plüton Uzbek Quyosh Utorid Zuhra Yer Oy Mirrikh Mushtarij Zuhal Farsi Khorshid Tir Naheed Zamin Mah Bahram Berjis Kayvon Oranos Nepton Pluton Cantonese Taiyeung Suising Gumsing Deiqao Yueqao Fuosing

 Moqsing Tousing Tinwongsing Huoiwongsing Mengwongsing Mandarin Taiyang Shuixing Jinxing Diqiu Yueqiu Huoxing Muxing Tuxing Tianwangxing Haiwangxing Mingwangxing Korean Taeyang Soosung Kumsung Jeegoo Dal Hwasung Moksung Tosung Chunwangsung Haewangsung Myungwangsung Japanese Taiyou Suisei Kinsei Chikyuu Tsuki Kasei Mokusei Dosei Ten'ousei Kaiousei Meiousei Filipino Araw Merkuryo Venus Daigdig Buwan Marte Jupiter Saturno Uranus Neptuno Pluto Indonesian Matahari Merkurius Venus Bumi Bulan Mars Yupiter Saturnus Uranus Neptunus Pluto Malay Matahari Utarid Zuhrah Bumi Bulan Marikh Musytari Zuhal Uranus Neptun Pluto Tahitian Mahana Taa'ero Ta'urua Fenua Marama Maunu'Ura Ta'urua-nui Feti'a Tea Hawaiian Laa Ukaliali'i Hookuuloa Honua Mahina Hookuu'ula Ka'aawela Makulu Hele'

ekela Nepekune 'Ilioki Maori Rā Meretūahiahi Marama Pareārau Whērangi Whiro Maori Apārangi Papatuānuku Tūmatauenga Rongo Tangaroa Nahuatl Tonatiuh Citlalpol Metztli Tezcatlipocacitlalli Ilhuicateocitlalli Mictlanteuccitlalli Nahuatl Payinalcitlalli Tlalticpactli Chichilcitlalli Tzitzimicitlalli Tlaloccitlalli Swahili Jua Utaridi Zuhura Dunia Mwezi Mirihi Mshtarii Zohari Xhosa iLanga uMetyhuri uVenasi uMhlaba iNyanga uMarsi uJupita iSateni uYurenasi iNephthuni uPluto Sesotho Letsatsi Mekhuri Vinase Lefatshe Kgwedi Mase Jupita Satene Yuranese Nepetjhunu Puluto Sepedi Letsatsi Mekhuri Mphatlalatsane Sepedi Lefase Ngwedi M

mase Jupita Satuni Yurenuse Neputhuni Pluto Tswana Letsatsi Mekhuri Benase Lefatshe Ngwedi Mase Selemela Sathene Yuranase Nepetshunu Pholuto Zulu iLanga uMekhyuri uVinasi uMhlaba iNyanga uMarzi uNdonsakusa uSarthana uYurenasi uNephthuni uPlutho Sumerian Utu Udu-idim-gu-ud Nin-si-an-na Suen Si-mu-ud Mul-sag-me-gar Udu-idim-sag-us Babylonian Samas Sihtu Delebat Ersetu Sin Salbatanu Neberu Kayamanu Klingon Sol merqurI' vIneS tera' luna ma'rIS ju'pIter Sa'tun yurey'neS neptun pulu'to' Notes: For brevity's sake I've omitted the articles commonly used in some languages.

The Mandarin and Cantonese words mean (approximately): "The Brightest; Star of Water; Star of Gold; Sphere of Ground (Earth); Sphere of Moon, Star of Fire; Star of Wood; Star of Soil (Dirt); Star of the King of Heaven; Star of the King of the Ocean; Star of the King of Hell". The Korean, Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese lines are pronunciations. Note too, that since Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were discovered relatively recently, their names are just translations of the Western names. Japanese and Korean use simple native words for "Moon" ("tsuki" "dal") but all the other planetary names in these two languages were imported from Chinese and have exactly the same meaning as explained for Mandarin and Cantonese. The Chinese characters at the top of the page are the names of the solar system bodies in the same order as the table. The second set of characters at the top of the page is Hindi. To the right is Arabic script. The apostrophe character in the Latvian line is a diacritical mark for a long vowel, which is a straight line over the letter. I have been informed that Thai has many scientific and theologic terms taken from sanscrit.

But the way it pronounced is far from the original. If one read names given above hardly anybody Thai would recognize them. Here is a more phonetical presentation of Thai celestial bodies: Sun = (1) suriya (mythological); (2) pra-atit (high language); (3) tawan (coloqual) Mercury = [dau]-put Uranus = [dau]-marita-yu Neptune = [dau]-ket Pluto = no native term, English used "Dau" or "dao" literally means "star". Need to add before name of the planet, beacuse those names also used for days of the week (dau-sau=Saturn, wan-sau=Saturday, wan=day). "Pra" - is used for nominate a God (great, holy). Used for Sun and Moon as they are obviously not "dau" (stars). Much of this was taken from the ASTROLANGUAGE mini dictionary of 300 astronomical terms compiled by Veikko Makela. The remainder was compiled from emails I've received from various folks around the world. Thank you all!

Special thanks to Sam Giloi who sent me the words in Alemannisch, Ligurian, Franco-Proven�al, Scottish Gaelic, Yiddish, Nahuatl, Venetian, Limburgish, Jerriais, Kolsch, West Frisian, Walloon, Sicilian, Scots, Lithuanian, Samogitian, Low German, Luxembourgish, Maori, Faroese, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Sesotho, Sepedi, Tswana, and Klingon! See Peter Blinn's Planetary Gazetteer for more I would appreciate any additions or corrections to this table.

Adjectives The English adjectives relating to the planets do not always derive simply from the noun forms: Noun Adjectival form ------ --------------- Sun Solar Mercury Mercurial Venus Cytherean, Venerian Earth Terrestrial, Telluric Moon Lunar Mars Martian, Arean Jupiter Jovian Saturn Saturnian Uranus Uranian Neptune Neptunian Pluto Plutonian, Hadean Days of the Week The seven-day system we use is based on the ancient astrological notion that the seven known celestial bodies influence what happens on Earth and that each of these celestial bodies controls the first hour of the day named after it. This system was brought into Hellenistic Egypt from Mesopotamia, where astrology had been practiced for millennia and where seven had always been a propitious number. In A.D. 321 the Emperor Constantine the Great grafted this astrological system onto the Roman calendar, made the first day of this new week a day of rest and worship for all, and imposed the following sequence and names to the days of the week.

This new Roman system was adopted with modifications throughout most of western Europe: in the Germanic languages, such as Old English, the names of four of the Roman gods were converted into those of the corresponding Germanic gods: Celestial Germanic modern modern Body Latin god English Italian ------- -------- -------- --------- ---------- Sun Solis Sunday domenica Moon Lunae Monday lunedì Mars Martis Tiu Tuesday martedì Mercury Mercurii Wodan Wednesday mercoledì Jupiter Jovis Donar Thursday giovedì Venus Veneris Freya Friday venerdì Saturn Saturni Saturday sabato The Latin names for the weekdays survive in the modern Romance languages (though the weekend day names have been altered). Also, Japanese words for the days of the week also correspond indirectly to the same planets. However, Prof. Neves of Universidade Nova de Lisboa informs me that there are remarkable exceptions: at least in Hebrew, in Greek, in Arabic, and in Portuguese (and in languages that were informed by those, like the Timorese Tetum), the days of the week are numbered. Sunday is number one (or day of the Lord in Portuguese - Domingo- and in Greek -Kiriaki).

Friday is number six (except in Arabic, which calls it Day of the Gatthering) and all 4 languages call Sabbath (Sabado,as-Sabt, etc) to Saturday. Two of the English month names are also have planetary connections: January is named for Janus and March is named for Mars . More origins from mythology: Terrestrial Planet Facts (The Inner Planets) 687 days Facts about the Terrestrial Planets The terrestrial planets in our solar system orbit relatively close to the Sun, this gives them their other name; the “Inner Planets” Earth is the most hospitable to life. Mars may have supported life in the past, but there is no evidence that conditions have ever been life-friendly on Mercury or Venus. Each of the terrestrial planets has a central core made mostly of iron. The layer above the core is called the “mantle” and is usually made of silicate rocks. These are rocks rich in silicon and oxygen. The terrestrial planets are also sometimes referred to as the “rocky” planets. The surfaces of terrestrial planets have mountains, craters, canyons, and volcanoes. About 75% of Earth’s surface is covered in water.

Both Mars and Earth have permanent polar ice caps. None of the terrestrial planets in our solar system have ring systems. Planetary scientists suspect that they may once have had rings that have since disappeared. There is one dwarf planet considered to be terrestrial-type world: Ceres. It has a rocky core and an outer mantle, with surface features such as craters and mountains. Terrestrial planets exist around other stars. Data from the Kepler mission suggest Earth-sized and so-called “super-Earth” worlds exist throughout the galaxy. There could be up to 40 billion such exoplanets in the Milky Way. The Inner Planets Where did the name 'Earth' come from? (Beginner) - Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer The Earth Where did the name 'Earth' come from? (Beginner) I was discussing the relative smallness of human history compared to the evolution and size of the universe when a student asked me this question: "Who named the Earth 'Earth'? When? Why? Does this answer apply to the origins of the French word Terre?" Unfortunately, I think it's pretty impossible to say exactly who first named the planet 'Earth'.

Actually, I really doubt one person really named it intentionally; rather it developed over time as part of the English language. Earth is Old English and German in origin, related to the Old Saxon 'ertha', the Dutch 'aerde', and the German 'erda'. Terra is a French and Latin word, and so isn't part of the 'Earth' etymology. I'm not really an expert on words and word origins, but it seems likely that people used Earth to mean 'land' and then it was the natural thing to refer to all the land and the planet. I tried to look up more specific details about the specific usage of the word over time, but even the Oxford English Dictionary (online) admits: "Men's notions of the shape and position of the earth have so greatly changed since Old Teutonic times, while the language of the older notions has long outlived them, that it is very difficult to arrange the senses and applications of the word in any historical order." So, as with the names of the other planets that have been known throughout human history (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn), it's difficult to say who first thought of the planet as Earth.

The names were part of culture even before we really understood the significance of what planets are and where they are in space. For more information on astronomical names, please see the previously asked questions listed below. Note ( KLM ) The name of the Sun has a similar origin to that of the Earth. What are the names of the earth, moon, sun, and solar system? (Beginner) - Curious About Astronomy? Ask an Astronomer The Sun What are the names of the earth, moon, sun, and solar system? (Beginner) All the other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc.) have names. What's the Earth's name? The other moons in the solar system have names too (Phobos, Io, Titan, etc.). What's our moon's name? Our galaxy has a name: the Milky Way. So what's the name of our solar system? The name of our planet is the Earth. The name of our moon is the Moon. The name of our solar system is the Solar System. Notice that I capitalize them, because when used as names, they are proper nouns.

This also helps us distinguish between the planet Earth and earth (meaning soil), between the Earth's Moon and moon (meaning the natural satellite of a planet), and between our Solar System and any other solar systems (since any system containing a star and a planet or a planet-forming disk can be called a solar system.) This is the English language usage approved by the International Astronomical Union , the body in charge of naming celestial objects. It may seem odd that these important objects don't have names, but if you think about it, it just reinforces their importance. For example, the Moon is the Moon, not just any moon. It requires no other name, because it's the most important moon! You may read or hear people using Luna for the Moon, or Terra or Gaia for the Earth, or Sol for the Sun, but in English-speaking countries, these are poetic terms, often seen in science fiction stories, but not used by astronomers in scientific writing. In some countries where Romance languages are spoken, these terms are the official names. It's also interesting to note that most astronomers do not call our galaxy the Milky Way in technical writing--they call it the Galaxy. This page was last updated June 28, 2015.

Question: Terra is the Latin name for which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Earth