Another New Horizons Naming Stunt

Stern: while waiting for NASA planetary head Jim Green to do naming contest for 2014 MU69, calling that KBO "Jim Green". #opag
— Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) February 1, 2016

Odd that @AlanStern would say this since @NASA is angry w/ @NewHorizons2015 for not submitting Pluto feature names https://t.co/dnzB7yeOvA
— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 1, 2016

FWIW @NewHorizons2015 strategy: give unofficial names to Pluto features, stall on formal name submission, hope IAU accepts names by default
— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 1, 2016

And of course, by shamelessly "naming" MU69 as "Jim Green" the @NewHorizons2015 team hopes to curry favor with @NASA SMD staff #Pluto
— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 1, 2016

Keith's note: Of course this is not the first time that the New Horizons team has played games with NASA when it comes to naming things on Pluto.

- More New Horizons Nomenclature Food Fights, earlier post
- Bolden Gets EPO Briefing From New Horizons Mission Team, earlier post
- Campaign for Public Participation in Naming Features on Pluto, earlier post
- NASA Extends Campaign for Public to Name Features on Pluto, earlier post
- New Horizons Redefines Definition of "Planet" and "Moon", earlier post

Another New Horizons Naming Stunt

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