From: MarkLFischer at aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:54:19 EDT
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Q: What do you call two MDs who travel back in time to cure p...
To: WSFAlist at WSFA.org
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

In a message dated 4/12/2005 11:30:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
omni at omniphile.com writes:

>Who says that the Royal Astronomical Society has any more right  to
>name stars than some star registry company somewhere?

Since 1919, the only organization authorized to name any astronomical  object
is the International Astronomical Union.