Why You Can’t Name New Moons And Planets Anything You Want [Article]

Nothing is above dispute, including naming of supernatural objects, as this article in the NPR describes.

A dispute over the names of two new moons of Pluto is highlighting a broader battle over who names what in our solar system and beyond. On one side is the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a venerable consortium of astronomers who have set the naming rules for the better part of a century. On the other side, a growing number of astronomers who feel the IAU has unfairly designated itself as the intergalactic naming police.