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SUMMARY:Rock legends: naming planets - Paul Murdin\, Wolfson College and I
 nstitute of Astronomy
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CONTACT:DJ Goode
DESCRIPTION:The name of a planet\, moon or asteroid has no objective scien
 tific significance whatsoever.  A name for a celestial object is a subject
 ive human invention which serves only to help scientists remember what the
 y are communicating about.  A name is the product of the human imagination
  and the names of planets have a human significance\, for the discoverer\,
  for his or her colleagues and for the wider community.   Some names evide
 nce hero-worship\, sycophancy\, avarice\, vanity\, whimsy\, erudition and 
 wit\, revealing the human side of astronomers\, especially where controver
 sy has followed the christening.\n \nI was drawn into this subject by havi
 ng an asteroid named after me.   Asteroid 128562 Murdin is made of sandy r
 ock\, far away\, orbiting somewhere in the space between the planets Mars 
 and Jupiter\, and only about 2 km in diameter.  I started to wonder how it
 s christening had happened and why I was so pleased\, and this is what I f
 ound...
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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