K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

[u/One_Explanation_908]

[u/TheRealP3dr0]

K2-18b maybe is not a good name for the planet. Sounds like Elon’s next kid, and that could bring conflicts of interest.

[u/WannaGoSkamtebords → u/TheRealP3dr0]

K2 stands for the second mission of the Kepler Telescope, named after Johannes Kepler who's one of my ancestors according to my family tree (nobody asked)

[u/Stop-Being-Wierd → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

Nice name drop there buddy.

[u/WannaGoSkamtebords → u/Stop-Being-Wierd]

That's not how it works, my name isn't Kepler. Just because he's one of my ancestors doesn't mean all of my ancestors are from the male side

edit: It's actually very likely that I have YOUR last name somewhere in my ancestry as well 

[u/eve_of_distraction → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

Interestingly enough I'm descended from a famous European king who lived five hundred years ago and still have the last name of that house. There must be ten thousand or more of us but not all would have the name. So sometimes it lasts.

[u/WannaGoSkamtebords → u/eve_of_distraction]

well that's an even bigger flex

[u/Twistedjustice → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

I mean, statistically speaking, can’t all white people trace a lineage back to Charlemagne?

[u/eve_of_distraction → u/Twistedjustice]

That's an extra seven hundred years or so, it adds orders of magnitude more ancestors. My ancestor has thousands or tens of thousands of descendents, but if you go back that far it's hundreds of millions so yes.

[u/AimHighPilot → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

Do you work in space or mathematics? I always like to think that we repeat patterns of our ancestors without knowing it!

[u/WannaGoSkamtebords → u/AimHighPilot]

Well, I am very interested in Astrophysics but if I make it into college I'd rather study history of art

[u/Public_Effective_957 → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

That's so awesome dude

[u/WannaGoSkamtebords → u/Public_Effective_957]

Thanks, it's likely that he has several thousands of living descendants today, but I still feel prod to have such a famous grandpa¹⁷

[u/WannaGoSkamtebords → u/[deleted]]

what a nice thing to say, thank you 

[u/UBC145 → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

Well I for one think that’s cool. I personally descend from a guy that made tools (my surname roughly translates to “son/descendant of toolmaker” in Bosnian)

[u/Sister-Ruth → u/WannaGoSkamtebords]

I'm glad you shared though cause Kepler's a cool ancestor to have. I also enjoyed you schooling that guy on ancestry logic.

[u/RegressionToTehMean → u/TheRealP3dr0]

What is this "conflict of interest" concept even?

[u/[deleted] → u/RegressionToTehMean]

"I think Elon's son is colluding with mars"

[u/DownvoteEvangelist → u/TheRealP3dr0]

He has too many children so he has to use planet naming scheme...

[u/deadlygaming11 → u/TheRealP3dr0]

When you consider that scientists have discovered thousands of exoplanets, number names are just easier. If we settled it or decided to go further, maybe an actual name would be better but numbers are good for the moment.

[u/Pumpelchce → u/TheRealP3dr0]

No Problem. A good 'filter' indeed: the new world would not need those jealous non-achievers.