In the second, all but final, draft my father is seen in the act of devising the names of the constellations, with various experimental forms before those that appear in the final text were reached; but he set down the names of the stars without any hesitation, thus: Karnil, Luinil, Nenar, Lumbar, Alkarinque, Elemmire. Above Karnil he wrote 'M', above Lumbar 'S', above Alkarinque 'Jup', and above Elemmire again 'M'. No letter stands above Luinil, but above Nenar there is an'N' which was struck out (Mr Elston informs me that this 'N'is perfectly clear in the original and that no other interpretation is possible).
Now if Alkarinque is Jupiter, then a great red star named Karnil and marked with 'M' must be Mars (cf. Michael Ramer's name Karan for Mars, IX.220) - which in turn leads to the identification of Lumbar('S') with Saturn, and Elemmire ('M') with Mercury. In an article by Jorge Quinonez and Ned Raggett, Nole i Meneldilo, Lore of the Astronomer, published in the periodical Vinyar Tengwar no. 12 (July1990), the authors concluded that my father originally intended Nenar('N') for the planet Neptune, but transferred the identification to Luinil, Nenar thus becoming Uranus. The six names, therefore, are the Elvish names of the planets other than Venus (Earendil); and this conclusion appears to be no mere ingenious deduction but to derive from my father's own clear indications.