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For unnumbered comets: P/ for periodic comets, C/ for non-periodic comets, D/ for comets which have been destroyed and X/ for comets for which no reliable orbit has been calculated, followed by the year of discovery, then an alphanumeric code which describes when in the year the comet was discovered,
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states that generally, article naming should give priority to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy. Names of Knowledge (XXG) articles should be optimized for readers over
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are both professional astronomy resources that can be used to check for accepted alternate designations for individual objects, including traditional names. However, neither website necessarily lists the designations in the order of most common use; the criteria below must still be applied. SIMBAD
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For numbered periodic comets: its periodic comet number, followed by P/ for still-active comets and D/ for comets which have broken up or been lost, then the name of the discoverer or co-discoverers separated by an en-dash (with no space between the forward-slash and the name). e.g.
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following a discussion of its inclusion. To be included, scientific consensus must be demonstrated by multiple reliable academic sources explicitly labelling or arguing for its dwarf planet status, and there must be minimal or no academic opposition against its dwarf planet status.
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If the object is accepted as a dwarf planet by astronomical consensus but has yet to receive an official name, the article title should contain both the object's minor-planet number (if applicable) in parentheses and its
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Where a body has not yet received an official name, but has received a minor planet number, the article title should be the object's official minor planet number in parentheses, followed by the object's
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Common names should be used for article titles, provided they are unambiguous. When more than one name is in common usage, preference should be given to the name used in the more
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Where a body has neither received an official name nor minor planet number, the article's title should simply be the object's provisional designation as described above, e.g.
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of astronomical objects i.e. whether they should have an article at all. This page discusses the title used for the article, if it has passed the notability threshold.
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Any relatively unusual catalog name that is widely used in general or professional literature and that is more commonly used than the IC or UGC number (e.g.
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Note that traditional galaxy names are proper nouns. Therefore, all the words in the galaxy name should begin with capital letters. For example, "
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If an object shares a name with something more notable, the article title should indicate the type of object in parentheses (round brackets) e.g.
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Note that group and cluster names are proper nouns. Therefore, all the words in the galaxy name should begin with capital letters. For example, "
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If there are no Bayer, Flamsteed, variable star, Draper, or Gliese designations, then use the most widely recognised (other) name, generally a
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between the parent star's name and the planetary designation determined by scientific literature references. In most cases, planets named with
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If no common name exists and reliable sources use only numeric designations, use the one in the IAU's current (post-1994) format (see
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and other orthographic elements may be intentionally omitted from a name by the IAU, in which case Knowledge (XXG) should follow: cf.
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and to check both SIMBAD and NED for objects outside the Milky Way. Neither website contains any information on objects within the
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with identifiers of 1000 or higher are from the extensions by Gliese & Jahreiß, so these should use the "GJ" identifier e.g.
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should be named according to the parent star's article title then the planetary designation e.g. the article on the star is at
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editors, and for a general audience over specialists. Knowledge (XXG) determines the recognizability of a name by seeing what
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designation should be mentioned in the first sentence of the article's lead section, preferably incorporating a link to the
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An object's dwarf planet status is considered to have demonstrable scientific consensus should it suffice for inclusion in
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b. Because most names are taken from mythology, they often require disambiguation. In that case, add "(moon)" e.g.
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Name based on the brightest galaxy in the group when that name is commonly used for identification (e.g. the
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Comets are named after their discoverer or discoverers, who may discover more than one comet, so further
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This guideline describes the article titles that should be used for astronomical objects, from
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If the moon is numbered, but not named, use the designation with Roman numerals e.g.
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may be required. For example, the comet which impacted Jupiter has the article title
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If the moon is neither numbered nor named, use the provisional designation, e.g.
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should be titled according to the following criteria (in order of preferences):
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should be titled according to the following criteria (in order of preference):
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and where this is widely used in general or professional literature (e.g. the
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and where this is widely used in general or professional literature (e.g. the
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All objects agreed to be dwarf planets by demonstrable scientific consensus (
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as the article's title. Write out the English name of the Greek letter e.g.
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If a word such as "Group", "Cluster" or "Star" forms part of the object's
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The most commonly used scientific designation given by any other catalog
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contains broad information on objects both inside and outside the
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acronym or abbreviation followed by the catalogue number (see
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should use proper subscripting, using the provided templates
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When there is no established common name, all articles about
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have a space, but usage with other designations varies e.g.
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number, whichever is in wider use in reliable sources e.g.
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may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect
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If there is no Bayer or Flamsteed designation, use the
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For bodies that have received official naming from the
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WP:NCASTRO
WP:NCPLANET
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