Submitted on Wednesday 20th January 2016
Rejected on Thursday 21st January 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Call the ninth planet BOWIE.
The discovery of a possible ninth planet in our solar system with an orbit of 20,000 years is awaiting confirmation. This petition is in support of calling any discovered planet "Bowie" after the dearly departed musician David Bowie.
The mass outpouring of finely articulated grief and genuine sorrow at the passing of this genius.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Planets are named by the International Astronomical Union:
http://www.iau.org/
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