{"id":8280,"date":"2014-07-10T16:18:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T20:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8280"},"modified":"2014-07-14T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T22:11:58","slug":"iau-decides-exoplanet-naming-by-the-public-is-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8280","title":{"rendered":"IAU decides exoplanet naming by the public is  OK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uwingu.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Uwingu<\/a>\u00a0was attacked by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iau.org\/\" target=\"_d\">International Astronomical Union (IAU)<\/a>\u00a0when it started a program to allow the public to select <a href=\"http:\/\/uwingu.com\/nominate-planet-names\/about-planet-naming-and-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\">names for exoplanets<\/a> :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uwingu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/NR_alpha_Cen_Naming_Contest_Extended.pdf\">Uwingu Responds to the IAU, and Extension of People\u2019s Choice Contest to Choose a Name for the Planet Orbiting Alpha Centauri &#8211; Uwingu &#8211; Apr.15.2013<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uwingu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Uwingu-Advisors-Statement-to-the-IAU.pdf\">Uwingu\u2019s Board of Advisors Responds to the IAU &#8211; Uwingu &#8211; Apr.9.2013<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this year when Uwingu opened a\u00a0program to<a href=\"http:\/\/uwingu.com\/mars\/\" target=\"_blank\"> name craters on Mars<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iau.org\/news\/pressreleases\/detail\/iau1402\/\" target=\"_blank\">IAU attacked<\/a> that as well.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the IAU has created its own exoplanet naming program for the public:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iau.org\/news\/pressreleases\/detail\/iau1404\/\" target=\"_d\">NameExoWorlds: An IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Exoplanets and their Host Stars &#8211; IAU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/science\/finally-really-youre-invited-help-name-distant-planets\" target=\"_d\">Finally, Really, You&#8217;re Invited to Help Name Distant Planets\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Popular Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Popular Science article uses\u00a0the word &#8220;official&#8221; a lot but assigning &#8220;official&#8221; to whatever the IAU management endorses is purely subjective. IAU is just one of many astronomy and science organizations. (I&#8217;d guess that\u00a0only\u00a0a minority of professional astronomers and space scientists belong to it.) It\u00a0is\u00a0neither\u00a0a global nor intergalactic governmental organization. It&#8217;s main job is to organize conferences. Acceptance of the IAU&#8217;s space nomenclature system is voluntary.\u00a0It&#8217;s clear that the IAU is merely fighting to protect and expand its\u00a0turf and to maintain an\u00a0aura of space officialdom. It wants to keep organizations like Uwingu from trespassing on its\u00a0turf and dulling\u00a0its aura.<\/p>\n<p>Uwingu makes no claim that the names selected in its\u00a0programs are &#8220;official&#8221; or will become broadly\u00a0accepted names in the future. \u00a0Users\u00a0are informed of the limited domain for\u00a0the names they choose. The primary goal is to give people a sense of participation and connection to real places off of earth and in the process raise \u00a0some money for research.<\/p>\n<p>The IAU&#8217;s exoplanet naming program will do little to limit Uwingu&#8217;s activities\u00a0and I expect will instead encourage more organizations to get into the space place naming biz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211; Uwingu &#8211; Apr.15.2013. Uwingu\u2019s Board of Advisors Responds to the IAU &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8280\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IAU decides exoplanet naming by the public is  OK<\/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":[12,46,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-exoplanets","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-29y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1676,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1676","url_meta":{"origin":8280,"position":0},"title":"Uwingu responds to IAU on exoplanet naming","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a press release from Uwingu concerning the IAU statement: Uwingu Responds to the IAU, Extends People's Choice Alpha Centauri Planet Naming Contest Space company Uwingu\u2019s \u2018People\u2019s Choice\u2019 contest to solicit the public\u2019s choice name for the nearest known planet around another star has been extended a week and will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6721,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6721","url_meta":{"origin":8280,"position":1},"title":"Alan Stern &#038; Mystery Guest discuss Uwingu\/Mars crater naming on The Space Show today","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Alan Stern and a \"mystery guest\" will discuss Uwingu\u00a0and their\u00a0Mars Crater Naming\u00a0campaign\u00a0on The Space Show today: Dr. Alan Stern on Uwingu with \/mystery guest today, 12 pm PST; 3 pm EST, http:\/\/www.thespaceshow.com\u00a0. 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