The bizarre and brilliant rules for naming new stuff in space (неопр.). The Washington Post (26 февраля 2019). — «In the 1980s, when astronomer James Gibson christened a newly discovered asteroid with the name of his cat, Mr. Spock, “certain people — I'm not going to mention any names — felt that was inappropriate,” Williams said. “So now that is strongly discouraged.” But the IAU does not change names once they are chosen.»
