The International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) is bring tight to denote the official name of(164207 ) 2004 GU9 , one of Earth ’s quasi - moon . penis of the public haveproposedmultiple name calling for it , and now the public has once again been ring upon to help oneself , with the chance to pick the winning one among seven select by the panel of Book of Judges .
2004 GU9 is a potentially hazardous asteroid wider than 160 beat ( 524 feet ) and it will be a quasi - artificial satellite of Earth until around the twelvemonth 2600 . A quasi - satellite is an object that appears to go around the planet from the point of view of the satellite but is not gravitationally bound . So , for the next several hundred years , 2004 GU9 will seem around Earth , but then it will vanish away like nothing ever happened . Our Moon would never !
Still , given that it ’s go to stand by around for a long while , we better give it a name . The panel of judges was composed of several astrophysicist such asDr Sofia Rojas , scientific discipline communicators such as Moiya McTier , and actors such as Tony Award candidate Celia Rose Gooding ( Uhura inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds ) picked the final seven to find fault from .
These name get along from the mythology and folklore history of many different cultures . The IAU has strict requirements for the naming of supernal target . You could n’t name one a generic word ; your own name ; the name of a pet ; or a military , political , or business name .
The finalists are the chase :
Bakunawa – A mythical Draco from Philippine folklore said to move up from the ocean to swallow the Moon .
Cardea – The papistic goddess of doorways and transition , who guards the threshold .
Ehaema – The Mother Twilight from Estonian Folklore , symbolizing the equilibrium between light and dark-skinned .
Enkidu – The noble companion of Gilgamesh in the eponymic epic from Sumerian mythology .
Ótr – The shape - change over gnome of Norse mythology who spent his day in the strain of an otter navigating the boundaries between the human realms and the others .
Tarriaksuk – In Inuit legends , these are apparition beingness that mirror human contour but dwell in other dimensions .
Tecciztecatl – An Aztec lunar god that once aspired to be Sun but its hesitant leap relegated him to the Moon .
How great are these names ? ? It ’s really difficult to pick out one . The voting is opened until January 1 , and you may votehere .
