response to the need for unambiguous names for astronomical objects, it has created a number of systematic naming systems for objects of various sorts...
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which maintains the astronomical naming conventions and planetary nomenclature for planetary bodies, and the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN), which catalogues...
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astronomy, astronomical naming conventions In biology, binomial nomenclature In chemistry, chemical nomenclature In classics, Roman naming conventions In computer...
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Minor-planet designation (redirect from Minor planet name)
planets, see index Astronomical naming conventions Meanings of minor-planet names Name conflicts with minor planets "How Minor Planet Are Named". IAU – International...
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The naming of moons has been the responsibility of the International Astronomical Union's committee for Planetary System Nomenclature since 1973. That...
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Lists of stars (section By Astronomical Catalog)
test system Lists of astronomical objects Astronomical naming conventions Star Star catalogue Sun The Bright Star Catalog, Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC...
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Naming of planets may refer to: Astronomical naming conventions § Planets, for the planets of the Solar System Planetary nomenclature, for features on...
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Telescope. The names were announced in June 2023. Astronomical naming conventions IAU Working Group on Star Names List of proper names of exoplanets List...
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named after individual people. It is common in astronomy for objects to be given names, in accordance with accepted astronomical naming conventions....
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historical name for Barnard's Star, named after the American astronomer E.E. Barnard. Astronomical naming conventions List of astronomical societies List...
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Planetary nomenclature (category Astronomical nomenclature)
gods. Astronomical naming conventions Lists of geological features of the Solar System List of adjectivals and demonyms of astronomical bodies Naming of...
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Namespace (redirect from Name-space)
Name System Fourth wall Identity (object-oriented programming) Library of Congress Classification Star catalogues and astronomical naming conventions...
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Nomenclature (category Naming)
these objects using astronomical naming conventions, while assigning names to the most interesting objects and, where relevant, naming important or interesting...
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di Petrus Plancius, on Atlas Coelestis by Felice Stoppa Astronomical naming conventions#Names and boundaries of constellations Wikimedia Commons has media...
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revived in the latter part of World War II for the Western Pacific. Formal naming schemes and lists have subsequently been used for major storms in the Eastern...
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Terra (mythology) (section Name)
"Terra" by speakers of English to match post-classical Latin astronomical naming conventions, and to distinguish the planet from the soil covering part...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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(2006–) "systematic name". doi:10.1351/goldbook.S06236 Naming organic compounds (archived) Selected pages from IUPAC rules for naming inorganic compounds...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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Makemake (category Astronomical objects discovered in 2005)
Sun when the spacecraft arrives. Astronomical naming conventions Clearing the neighbourhood International Astronomical Union Planets beyond Neptune List...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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The astronomical unit (symbol: au or AU) is a unit of length defined to be exactly equal to 149,597,870,700 m. Historically, the astronomical unit was...
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exoplanet naming convention is an extension of the system used for naming multiple-star systems as adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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Haumea (category Astronomical objects discovered in 2004)
areas for this type of mission. Astronomical naming conventions Clearing the neighbourhood International Astronomical Union Planets beyond Neptune List...
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Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in...
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