What do you think we should we call the galaxy that will form after ours merges with Andromeda?

Question

Just for fun.

Another question got me thinking about this. Someone will no doubt suggest we continue to call it the Milky Way, but that's boring. The best I can come up with is "Andromilky way", but I'm sure you guys can do better. Let's hear your opinions. :)

Answer 1

Unfortunately I doubt there will be anyone here to name it.



Andromilky Way would be very confusing to people who do not understand what the former names of the galaxies were. And it's at least in my opinion that if you include the full name of Milky Way, you should include the full Andromeda name as well with the new galaxy; or at least only part for both. Otherwise it's unfair :P



So maybe just keep it as Andromeda Way or something like that.



p.s. That sounds like a nice neighborhood street name...

Answer 2

Milky Andromeda

Answer 3

Unless you plan on truly skewing the "life expectancy" averages, I don't think it really matters what we think. But still, hypotheticals can be fun, and this certainly does qualify.



It is very unlikely that the resulting galaxy will resemble in any way, either of the originals. So, incorporating one or boh of their names, would only hold really hold "historical" or "nostalgic" purposes.



Then again, Andromeda and Milky Way don't really describe either of them as spiral galaxies to begin with, so my previous paragraph is up for scruitiny.



"Andromeda" might be a little more difficult to hold on to. It would refrence an ancinet constellation that (a) would no longer exist, and (b) would be irrelevant if it was a part of your own galaxy, seeing how it got it's name based onthe constellation it was observed in back in the days when humans on earth were naming objects in the sky.



If you were going to do a name merger, my personal prefrence would be "The Andromeda Way."



If the universe is the limit, I'm going to have to do some brain stretching exercises before I attempt this one.

Answer 4

we can be staring at from our little area colonies around the shrunken orange action picture star which replaced into our sunlight. The Earth could have been deserted for better than a thousand million years and is an ice planet with some archeological digs and a cutting-edge save for travelers. Mercury is roofed by using domes and sounds like a insect's eye from area, floor temperature on the sunlight-locked facet is bearable, if slightly chilly... the domes help for elevating vegetation. We nonetheless would be unable to trip between stars with impunity, although some robots have been dispatched to the a number of closer stars, maximum have decrease back with below thrilling information. some have not decrease back in any respect. the incredibly bigger stages of radiation, led to by using Ia supernovae, white dwarf stars accumulating the dirt clouds that coalesce because of the gravitational disturbances from the Milky way/ Andromeda merger. The morphing of the Milky way from a spiral to an elliptical galaxy will reason many stars to "fall" out of their orbits into different orbits. This consequence would be referred to as "The Andromeda tension"... no one will think of it quite is humorous.

Answer 5

Yeah, I vote for "Andromeda Way." Mainly because Andromeda should be the more dominant part of the name as it's the larger of the two galaxies.

Answer 6

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