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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Some particularly rare or special objects are still given names when they’re discovered, such as dwarf planets in our solar system.

Of course, historically the brightest stars were given names, and many of these names are still in use. But nowadays upwards of a billion stars have been recorded, and it wouldn’t be practical or worthwhile to think of names for all of them.