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.@alanstern says New Horizons team has not submitted Pluto nomenclature suggestions to IAU yet. "Informal names" to continue. #DPSEPSC
— Alexandra Witze (@alexwitze) October 18, 2016
By stalling they get more published citations using "informal" #Pluto names – formally – so as to try and force the IAU's hand #DPSEPSC https://t.co/4fV7lUTgpN
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Maybe Alan Stern is waiting for Pluto to be restored to the status of a planet?
http://www.businessinsider….
In any case there seems to be little love between Alan Stern and the AIU because of what they did to Pluto so submitting names is probably not high on his to do list.