[meteorite-list] NEW PLANETARY NAMES

[Larry Lebofsky]

Hi all:

This is why there is an IAU nomenclature committee. It prevents chaos when 
naming asteroids, comets, satellites, and now planets, I guess.

Larry, 
asteroid 3439 Lebofsky

Quoting Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>:

> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:59:55 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Oh...  Why name the planets after a god/godess?  What's wrong with
> Bernhard,
> >Mary, Ann, Richard, Mike, etc. etc.
> 
> Tradition, I suppose.  But if they name too many objects, they may have to
> start
> looking for other sources.  Like maybe naming them from characters in
> popular
> Science Fiction franchises.  So how about planets Aunt Beru, Captain
> Janeway,
> and Hot Blonde Cylon Chick?
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