Editing Astronomical naming conventions (section)

== External links ==
* [http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/lists/CometResolution.html Cometary designation system] from ''Minor Planet Circulars'' 23803-4
* [https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/ Working Group Small Body Nomenclature]
* [http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Dic Dictionary of nomenclature of astronomical objects]
* [http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question48.html How do planets and their moons get their names?]
* [https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming/ IAU on Naming Astronomical Objects]
* [http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/iau-spec.html IAU specifications for nomenclature]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040401181216/http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/starname.html James Kaler on star names]
* [http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/info/OldDesDoc.html New- And Old-Style Minor Planet Designations] from the Minor Planet Center
* [http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/56-our-solar-system/planets-and-dwarf-planets/general-questions/228-who-named-the-planets-and-who-decides-what-to-name-them-beginner Who named the planets and who decides what to name them?]

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