Invitation to vote on a proposal to name a star and a planet in the sky

Written By جمعية المبادرة المغربية للعلوم والفكر on 2019/11/10

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Arab Weather - Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As part of the International Astronomical Union&#39;s 100th anniversary celebration, the association named the star “WASP-161” and the planet orbiting it to a Moroccan national committee headed by Zouhair Benkhaldoun, head of the Oukaimeden Observatory, because of the Moroccan researcher Ph.D. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The committee received various proposals from active astronomical associations in Morocco, including the Moroccan Initiative for Science and Thought, which proposed a name for the star Mazilia Mazilia, meaning the kind girl, an ancient name for the Kingdom of Morocco before birth, and the name of the planet Tin Hinan. Touareg Spiritual Mother of Tamanrasset. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the data, there is a public vote on these proposals at <a id="http://marrakech-astro.uca.ma/mar-exoworlds/votertl.html" name="http://marrakech-astro.uca.ma/mar-exoworlds/votertl.html">http://marrake... . </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The deadline for voting will be on Wednesday, 13 November 2019, and the voting stages are as follows: write the email and then envoyer, to reach a message to the email and link lien you click on it, and choose &quot;Mazelia-Tinhnan&quot; and then envoyer. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It is noteworthy that the Moroccan Organizing Committee for Voting will send the winning proposal to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and become the official designation of the star and the planet, so we invite everyone to participate in this vote. </p>

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