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To: SunkenCiv
Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) in Russia, discovered comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) on 21 September

Woudn ;t the comet be name d after teh discovers and be called Comet Nevski-Novichonok?

70 posted on 09/27/2012 7:09:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

They’ll get to pick a name; that numerical designation is for cataloging purposes.


79 posted on 09/27/2012 7:29:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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