Why is 2010s movie Star Trek called the Kelvin timeline? - eviltoast

I’m sure there’s a valid reason, but I’ve got no idea what it is. Why “Kelvin?” Is that a reference to a character in the original Star Trek continuity?

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    9 months ago

    Abrams wanted to have Starkiller Base blow up Coruscant in “The Force Awakens” but he wasn’t allowed so he made up Hosnian Prime as an indistinguishable stand-in. He seems to really like blowing up a key planet whenever he takes over a setting.