Good names for Urlum (Outer Planet Mod Uranus Analog) Probe

[davidy12]

Title says it all. I need a good, preferably Kerbalized name for a probe that's going to Urlum. Example of Kerbalized name? Cassini and Huygens to Kassini and Kuygens)

[Red Dwarf]

Wellllll, there hasn't been a dedicated Uranus or Neptune probe to go out that way other than the Voyager missions, which I feel like wouldn't be a perfect match. The Voyager missions are more commonly associated with solar escapes than Uranus flybies. I would say name your probe after the moons of Uranus instead. Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon. Plenty of names to pick from and kerbalize!

[Hotaru]

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Edited September 18, 2017 by Hotaru

[bakanando]

Proktologue 1

[Xyphos]

Prostate or Sphincter.

after all, it's going to... well you get the joke.

Edited September 14, 2015 by Xyphos

[_Augustus_]

Prostate or Sphincter.

after all, it's going to... well you get the joke.

I like it!

[cantab]

Kerschel, after the planet's discoverer.

Elliot and Mink, after the discoverers of Uranus's rings.

[Bloody_looser]

Oooh, it's Uranus joke thread!

Call the probe Penetrator.

[xtoro]

Going along with the naming of Uranus, it could be Caelus, Gaia, Aether, Hemera or Nyx. Plenty to choose from...

[UmbralRaptor]

Kaelus. Because there's a relevant Roman god and one can easily enough apply k-syndrome...

[Lord Aurelius]

Ion-Powered Deep Space Probe (Mk IV)

What? A generic name works fine for my probes.

[severedsolo]

Ion-Powered Deep Space Probe (Mk IV)

What? A generic name works fine for my probes.

That's far too complicated for me. Mine would be called "Urlum probe"

[ostrich]

http://www.behindthename.com/random/

[Streetwind]

http://www.behindthename.com/random/

I'm impressed. That is by far the most competent random name generator I've ever seen on the net. It actually spits out names, not gibberish!

[Green Baron]

I'd suggest [Planetname]-[Orbit/Biome]-[Function]-[Number]

example:

Urlum-Polarorbit-Scanner (or just Urlum-Scanner) if you like cause they are allways in polar orbit. In a time there can be more than two probes per body like a scanner, a science probe for those "in space around" and a lander for the "from the surface of" and in future many more will buzz around for the relay network.

Plus kerbaled missions, stations, mining ops, asteroids, ....

The list can get very long in the tracking station .... :-)

The kraken is confused and stays away :-)

Edited September 14, 2015 by kemde

[kerbiloid]

"Uro-Logical Probe" - because it's for Urlum and very logical and clever device.

And a "Honor" series probe for a Rhea satellite - "Honor-Rhea", i.e. "in honor of Rhea".

[More Boosters]

You can also name it after your mission, Probing [insert celestial body name here]

[michaelsteele3]

"You see, scientists got tired of all the puns, so they changed the name of Uranus!"

"Cool. What is it called now?"

"Urecktum"

[Thomassino]

Ouranos or Uranus... Kerbals have no idea Urlum is its KSP analogue.

Or use Better Tomorrows, or Far Horizons. Those were my Jool probes.

[Randazzo]

Oooh, it's Uranus joke thread!

Call the probe Penetrator.

I've just started a career using Real Solar System... Hmmm.

Incidentally, I named my Urlum probe "Goliath". I'd rather not examine the implications of that.

[The_Rocketeer]

Here's a few suggestions:

Suppository

Rosebud

Chocolate Starfish

Kolonic

Fudge

And a "Honor" series probe for a Rhea satellite - "Honor-Rhea", i.e. "in honor of Rhea".

There's a dia-rhea joke here but I just can't get there...

[Xyphos]

I swear, Uranus has always been the butt of every space joke, including this one.

[Streetwind]

And it's kinda disappointing too, because it isn't even pronounced like silly English-speakers think it is...

Seriously guys, it's a latin word, the stress is on the first letter, and the 'a' is short and flat like in "frying pan". Get it right!

Edited September 15, 2015 by Streetwind

[The_Rocketeer]

And it's kinda disappointing too, because it isn't even pronounced like silly English-speakers think it is...

Seriously guys, it's a latin word, the stress is on the first letter, and the 'a' is short and flat like in "frying pan". Get it right!

So you're saying it's not 'your anus' but 'urinous'? Ew...

And call me crazy, but I believe 'anus' is also a latin word.

[Streetwind]

No, the only letter you pronounce different from the butt joke is the 'a'. You should not double up on the length of the last vowel, that remains a short 'u' like in 'fuss' (which it in fact rhymes with). And then you put the stress on the first letter - the 'U' instead of the 'a'. I know, text on the internet doesn't translate well into spoken word - want me to find a youtube video where it is pronounced properly?

I mean, technically it's even starting with a "oo" sound instead of a "you" sound, due to its roman origins. But that's honestly an acceptable change that 'localizes' it a bit for English-speakers and doesn't modify the name in any significant way. Just a little embellishment on the onset while the word remains otherwise unchanged. It's when you start moving the stress to other parts of the word and use the wrong 'a' that it starts being a mispronunciation.

Edited September 15, 2015 by Streetwind