It is Just a Name, But it is an Important Problem: An Appeal for the System of Naming Comets by Japanese Community

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Sep 2000

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The Astronomical Herald (ISSN 0374-2466), Vol. 93, No. 9, p. 496 - 500 (2000)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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A newly discovered astronomical object is usually named by the IAU guideline. In the case of comets, the comet can be named after its discoverers. The name can include up to three names in order of the time of discovery. This naming system fascinates many amateurs, and drives them into comet-hunting. When this IAU guideline for naming comets was to be reconsidered, the Japanese astronomical community rose up against the change, and made an appeal to the related commision of the IAU to maintain the current guideline of including up to three names.

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