Rejected petition 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.

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The mass outpouring of finely articulated grief and genuine sorrow at the passing of this genius.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Planets are named by the International Astronomical Union:

http://www.iau.org/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 January 2016
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