Sentences with phrase «planetary satellites working»

Capitalizing on the unique expertise of its members, the IAU through its Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites Working Group has now developed a project in partnership with Zooniverse — home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects [1].

Starting from July 2015, the IAU, via its Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites Working Group, will oversee the final stages of the contest, and will validate the winning names from the vote.

Not exact matches

A third arm of the International Astronomical Union, the Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature, oversees the naming of features on satellites.

Already, though, one payoff is clear: The mission is nurturing a new generation of Emirati planetary scientists preparing to work on Mars data, says Hope mission head Omran Sharaf, an electrical engineer who previously worked on the DubaiSat satellites.

The WGSN's first bulletin dated July 2016 [7] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars (including four traditional star names: Ain, Edasich, Errai and Fomalhaut) reviewed and adopted by the IAU Executive Committee Working Group on Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites during the 2015 NameExoWorlds campaign [8] and recognized by the WGSN.