NASA Needs Your Help Naming This Space Object Sitting At The Edge Of Our Solar System

American space agency NASA needs your help in naming a space object they have already named (486958) 2014 MU69. It isn't the prettiest name so bring out your best suggestions.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is preparing to fly past MU69, a small frozen object resting at the edge of our solar system.

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According to the agency, the object is 4 billion miles (6,43,73,76,000 km) away. In 2019, on New Year's Day, New Horizons will enter the Kuiper Belt beyond the planet Neptune, into the zone of dwarf planets and icy objects.

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The object's official title '(486958) 2014 MU69' stands for a series of numbers in reference to its first discovery made by the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA experts are waiting to find the perfect name for the object. The reason why they still haven't found a name is because they are unsure of what it is. They are unsure of whether the oddly shaped object is a single body, or a pair, or a system of bodies that orbit around each other.

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The naming campaign is being organised by SETI Institute of Mountain View, California until 3 p.m. EST/noon PST on December 1. Website visitors can either vote for names already suggested or offer their own suggestions to be reviewed by NASA and the New Horizons team.

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The new name will be chosen in early January 2018. For now, the voting and submissions can be made here.