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minus-squareTargaryenTKE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoJokes aside, I’m sure there is SOME method for how they name what they find; I highly doubt they just use a random number generator. Does anyone here know what that process is?
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minus-squareTheOneCurly@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventions#Modern_catalogues It’s based on their coordinates from earth, but the end result is basically what’s in the OP.
Jokes aside, I’m sure there is SOME method for how they name what they find; I highly doubt they just use a random number generator. Does anyone here know what that process is?
Cat walking across keyboards at the wrong time of a group chat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventions#Modern_catalogues
It’s based on their coordinates from earth, but the end result is basically what’s in the OP.