"Naming X": Contest to Name an Asteroid
27 May 2010, 04:09 UTC
Can you come up with a name for an asteroid, aka minor planet, by May 30? Yes, I know it's short notice, and I apologize for not posting this earlier. Blame it on the heavy workload of my Swinburne class on galaxies, including a 10-12 page single-spaced paper due on June 5.As a tribute to the late Venetia Burney Phair, and the late Clyde Tombaugh, the Space Renaissance Education Chapter and Father Films (the creator of the film "Naming Pluto," still due for a review on this blog), with the support of the Committee for Small Body Nomenclature of the IAU, is holding this contest to find a name for one of our solar system's many unnamed asteroids.More information can be found here: http://venetiaburneyphair.blogspot.com/p/competition.htmlHere is some information from the web site:"Winning names will pass through the same judging process as any other minor planet name proposals from discoverers or orbit computers.The process is detailed and can take from 4 to 6months for a decision to be made, so there is no guarantee that Naming X’s winning names will be accepted, applied or used. However, the important fact to remember is that there are minor planets out there in space waiting ...




