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Subject: Re: Star-naming commercial organization
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Date: Tue, 20-Sep-83 09:45:26 EDT
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As someone from UT Astronomy (I think) pointed out, the IAU is the
body which officially names celestial bodies.  There can be a thousand
of these ripoff companies naming stars and it doesn't mean squat, except
for the people who are getting rich by using other peoples' ignorance.

Jeff "I'll sell you a plot on Mars" Johnson