{"id":1668,"date":"2013-04-14T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T07:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2013-04-14T07:15:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T07:15:22","slug":"exoplanet-names-and-nicknames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1668","title":{"rendered":"Exoplanet names and nicknames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the IAU misleads the public by claiming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwingu.com\" target=\"_blank\">Uwingu <\/a>was doing something wrong in asking the public to participate in simply <em>nominating<\/em> names for exoplants. It also misleads in claiming that it&#8217;s role in technical nomenclature\u00a0 given to it by astronomy organizations gives it the all powerful right to decide what anyone may call any object in the universe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iau.org\/public_press\/news\/detail\/iau1301\/\" target=\"_d\">Can One Buy the Right to Name a Planet? &#8211; IAU <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/20643-who-names-alien-planets.html\" target=\"_d\">Can You Buy Exoplanet Naming Rights? No IAU Says &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/the-international-astronomical-union-has-issued-a-press-release-condemning-the-commercial-efforts-of-private-companies-to-issue-names-for-exoplanets\" target=\"_d\">The International Astronomical Union has issued a press release condemning the commercial efforts of private companies to issue names for exoplanets. &#8211; Behind The Black<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is as silly as the IAU&#8217;s claim that a majority vote among a group of astronomers can instantly convert a planet to a non-planet.<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably some exoplanets will have popular names, i.e nicknames, in addition to the technical names used by astronomy organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears the IAU misleads the public by claiming Uwingu was doing something wrong in asking the public to participate in simply nominating names for exoplants. It also misleads in claiming that it&#8217;s role in technical nomenclature\u00a0 given to it by astronomy organizations gives it the all powerful right to decide what anyone may call &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1668\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exoplanet names and nicknames<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-qU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8280,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8280","url_meta":{"origin":1668,"position":0},"title":"IAU decides exoplanet naming by the public is  OK","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Uwingu\u00a0was attacked by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)\u00a0when it started a program to allow the public to select names for exoplanets : Uwingu Responds to the IAU, and Extension of People\u2019s Choice Contest to Choose a Name for the Planet Orbiting Alpha Centauri - Uwingu - Apr.15.2013. 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