Do you want to help name an alien planet? Starting next year, space fans around the world will get the chance to vote on their favorite names for worlds beyond our solar system.In a first, the International Astronomical Union IAU in charge of naming heavenly bodies will open its exoplanet naming process to the world in 2015 in the form of a public vote. Representatives with the IAU announced the new naming project, called NameExoWorlds, today July 9.
via Name an Alien Planet: Voters Wanted to Christen Strange New Worlds – Yahoo News UK.
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