Slightly OT - Interesting planet names

[Growltigga]

hrummphhh... Wardad, how do you know my name is not really Loretta?

God, all men are b@@@@@@, can we get back on topic for this thread and can I have some interesting planetary names please

Thanks in anticipation

[rdouglass]

How about some real planet names....

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPNames.html

[Machiavelli]

Halo is my favorite name for a colony, I usually rename my home planet that.

Here's some good ones (I think):
Aiur
Tarsonis
Char
Mar Sara
Styx
Euphrates
Tigris
Babylon
Judea
Canaan

some others I can't think of right now too...

[tesco samoa]

A heavily defended planet that a pbem player was about to attack was renamed HURT.

I liked that name.

The attacking player thought it was funny.

[Gaurav]

Do you think the game would be more interesting if there were a list of planet names the game draws from when generating a map? This would mean different names for every planet, maybe even moons and (extra) stars. Given a long enough list...

[Gryphin]

I Tend to Use Themes for a Star Systems. Some of the phrases are spread across several planets. Yes, my systems will be easy to identify. So will my war ships.
Hmm, GrowlTigga grousing about being off topic? That is a first.

Kamchack
Tarl Cabot

Variations on: GrowlTigga is a ...

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Leap at a
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[Growltigga]

Gryphin, thanks for that interesting synopsis of your mental state. What on earth has John Norman got to do with this BTW?

Machiavelli, rdouglass, tesco and gauvar, thanks for the sensible input.

Anyone else care to list some names, please feel free.

Regards