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The original was posted on /r/space by /u/WondernutsWizard on 2025-05-05 18:37:01+00:00.

I’ve seen a lot of interesting suggestions online for what a hypothetical ninth planet could be called, but I haven’t ever seen any discussion on how the IAU, the body that officially names space objects, would conduct the naming process. Would it be conducted through some conversation with the public (I can imagine the awful ideas already), some sort of expert-only committee, or something else entirely?