[AstroNet] MESSENGER crater naming competition Re: AstroNet Digest, Vol 92, Issue 2

[Samir Dhurde]

Dear Friends

   Today I was reminded of the email by Kevin regarding the competition for naming craters on Mercury after famous artists of the world. I was looking through the list of named Mercury craters and there are hardly 4-5 Artists' names from the whole African continent!

 http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchResults?target=MERCURY&featureType=Crater,%20craters

   I thought it maybe good to remind all friends of the last date for the contest - 15 Jan. There's still enough chance in case you have not already entered the contest.

 http://namecraters.carnegiescience.edu

best wishes,
Samir

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 Samir Dhurde,                  Incharge - Public Outreach
       IUCAA, Pune University Campus, Pune - 411007, India
       Tel: (O)91-20-25604603         Fax:  91-20-25604699
       http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~scipop
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----- Original Message -----
> From: astronet-request at mail.saasta.ac.za
> To: astronet at mail.saasta.ac.za
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 3:30:02 PM
> Subject: AstroNet Digest, Vol 92, Issue 2
> Today's Topics:
> 
>    1. MESSENGER crater naming competition (Kevin Govender)
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 04:56:35 +0200
> From: Kevin Govender <kg at astro4dev.org>
> To: africa <africalist at astronomy2009.org.za>, astronet
> 	<astronet at mail.saasta.ac.za>
> Cc: keri Hallau <khallau at montana.edu>
> Subject: [AstroNet] MESSENGER crater naming competition
> 
> Dear all
> I was requested to especially pass this on to people from the African
> continent so that some African legends can be immortalised through this
> naming competition. Please see description and link below - feel free to
> get in touch with Keri (copied here) if you have any questions:
> 
> Celebrate the MESSENGER mission's amazing achievements and immortalize an
> important person in the Arts and Humanities from any nation or cultural
> group by having a crater on the planet Mercury named in their honor!  The
> MESSENGER Team is seeking help from all Earthlings to suggest names for
> five impact craters on Mercury.  We will accept submissions beginning
> midnight (00:00 UTC) December 15, 2014 until January 15, 2015 (23:59 UTC).
> All entries will be reviewed by Team representatives and expert panels.
> Then, 15 finalist names will be submitted to the International Astronomical
> Union (IAU) <http://www.iau.org/> for selection of the 5 winners.  Winning
> submissions will be announced by the IAU to coincide with MESSENGER's End
> of Mission Operations in late March/April 2015.
> 
> Learn more about this unique opportunity and submit your favorite artist
> here: http://namecraters.carnegiescience.edu
> 
> 
> --
> Kevin Govender
> IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
> www.astro4dev.org