why do astronomers commonly name newly discovered planets and stars just strings of xharacters instead of actual words?

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why do astronomers commonly name newly discovered planets and stars just strings of xharacters instead of actual words?

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There are billions of times more stars than people, and we can’t even manage to give all the people unique names. There are just too many of them, compared to the creativity we’re willing to spare naming them.