https://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/ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://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/#comment-92378 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:08:48 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=22729#comment-92378 I can see a situation similar to the life sciences, where professionals identify life forms by their binomial names, but most everyone else calls them by their common names. And, like the life sciences, the discoverer should get naming rights. The IAU is setting itself up for irrelevancy.

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