why do astronomers commonly name newly discovered planets and stars just strings of xharacters instead of actual words?
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There is a procedure to assign a recognized name. While the process checks the procidence (who found it first) and assures permanent names are socially acceptable, good things, it takes many years. Until then the catalog number (which seems random but is not) is used in publications. Each lab has nicknames for ths stars they are working on, but that’s just internal.
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