The Visible (and not so Visible) Planets
by Sean, Dave, and Diane

The visible planets were named by the Elves, and most people call them by corruptions of their Elvish names. Scholars understand that they are indeed planets, and not stars. Some are visible only to Elvish eyes, or to those with technologically or magically enhanced sight. Telescopes are uncommon, but can be found in Tellek and a few other places. Elves once used telescopes, but nowadays they do not -- they've seen everything already, so why bother?

Borgil and Bordil (green planet with white companion)
The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of planets. Other names are Voron and Vorondil. There is no real clear indication in historical references as to which one is which. The names, directly translated, mean 'steadfast' and 'lover/friend of steadfast'. The smaller companion is not visible to humans most of the time. Also known as Vorn and Vord.

Narindor (great orange planet with rings and four moons)
The 'Fire-Lord/Flame King'. Also known as Cormacolindor, the 'ring-bearer', spoken roughly by humans as Corn Colander. The moons take their name from the derivative of the prefix for 'moon'; and thus are Isilnar, Isilan, Isilya, and Isildil. (The elven word for our own larger moon, Anaris the Bull, is Isildur or 'Moon-Lord'.) Other names include the Sifter, and the Ring Bearer and his Four Sons. The Four Sons are only sometimes visible, and are colloquially called Silar, Silan, Silya, and Sildil.

Nenambar (blue-white planet)
Nenambar when spoken correctly by scholars and elves, Ninibar when spoken by other peoples. Surprisingly, the elves never correct people who use the latter name because instead of 'water-world' it translates closely into 'wet-earth'. Sometimes known as Nin.

Tindomé (faintly blue-green planet, morning and evening star)
Tindomé (pronounce tin-dom-eh), or Ten Domes, is the 'twilight star' and also the 'star shadow'. Tindomé is the elfin word for both phrases. Also known as Minuial in the morning and Anduial in the evening. Thus the phrase spoken between elves: "I will stay with you until Minuial." Colloquially known as Minwell and Andwell.

Elros or Fanhael (dim wavery planet with following clouds, retrograde orbit)
The elves say that this planet used to be green and brighter. It is only visible every 27 years, and remains in the sky for about a year. The Sea Elves call it the 'dream of snow', Lorelosse, which sometime gets shortened to Elros for 'star-foam'. The extended name used by other elves is Fanyahaeliel, meaning 'wise-white-cloud-woman'. Scholars shorten the name to Fanhael (wise-woman) and astrologists call it Fawn Hail, or the "spotted doe", claiming that those born during the year it appears in the sky are born with a greater state of innocence and grace. It is only visible to elves and astronomers with magic devices (it's not in the right part of the spectrum for human eyes).