{"id":139171,"date":"2019-06-13T00:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T22:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-the-international-astronomical-union-needs-your-help-in-naming-alien-planets\/"},"modified":"2019-06-13T00:12:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T22:12:04","slug":"sa-news-the-international-astronomical-union-needs-your-help-in-naming-alien-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-the-international-astronomical-union-needs-your-help-in-naming-alien-planets\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: The International Astronomical Union needs your help in naming alien planets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesouthafrican.com%2ftech%2fname-alien-planet-international-astronomical-union%2f&#038;c=17977885338820351575&#038;mkt=en-us\">The International Astronomical Union needs your help in naming alien planets<\/a>: As it happens South Africa is one of those countries, and we\u2019ve been assigned the star WASP-62 and exoplanet WASP-62 b to name. This isn\u2019t the first time the IAU has run an initiative like this. In &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.thesouthafrican.com%2ftech%2fname-alien-planet-international-astronomical-union%2f&#038;c=17977885338820351575&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fabcnews.go.com%2fSports%2fwireStory%2fbrazil-unsure-marta-play-australia-63672002&#038;c=11637625615317163782&#038;mkt=en-us\">Brazil unsure if Marta will play against Australia<\/a>: &#8220;I believe we&#8217;ll have a strong reaction against Brazil.&#8221; SOUTH AFRICA-CHINA: No one expects South Africa to beat China in a Group B match at Parc des Princes in Paris. South Africa is competing in &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fabcnews.go.com%2fSports%2fwireStory%2fbrazil-unsure-marta-play-australia-63672002&#038;c=11637625615317163782&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fallafrica.com%2fstories%2f201906120873.html&#038;c=5987321983980921843&#038;mkt=en-us\">Sudan: Nagy Travels to Eastern and Southern Africa &#038; Booth Appointed Special Envoy for Sudan<\/a>: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy will travel to Sudan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, and South Africa from June 12-23, 2019. In Sudan, he will meet with members of the Forces for Freedom &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fallafrica.com%2fstories%2f201906120873.html&#038;c=5987321983980921843&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fm.startribune.com%2fminnesota-s-iconic-barry-zevan-the-weatherman-offers-old-school-forecasts%2f511190022%2f&#038;c=7456114219570676255&#038;mkt=en-us\">Minnesota&#8217;s Barry ZeVan &#8216;the Weatherman&#8217; offers old-school forecasts<\/a>: YouTube has told him that he has regular viewers in England, South Africa and Singapore. ZeVan never set out to be weatherman. He figured that he was going to be an entertainer. In 1943 &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fm.startribune.com%2fminnesota-s-iconic-barry-zevan-the-weatherman-offers-old-school-forecasts%2f511190022%2f&#038;c=7456114219570676255&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.indiawest.com%2fsports%2fkl-rahul-to-open-for-india-while-dhawan-nurses-broken%2farticle_f6301c9a-8d54-11e9-b811-63e50197f0ac.html&#038;c=9075892457940738271&#038;mkt=en-us\">KL Rahul to Open for India While Dhawan Nurses Broken Thumb<\/a>: He scored 26 against South Africa and 11 not out against Australia. Because Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are one of the world\u2019s great one-day international partnerships, Rahul\u2019s opportunities to open have &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=98973BEFF2C1434481B214323B1703CB&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.indiawest.com%2fsports%2fkl-rahul-to-open-for-india-while-dhawan-nurses-broken%2farticle_f6301c9a-8d54-11e9-b811-63e50197f0ac.html&#038;c=9075892457940738271&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Astronomical Union needs your help in naming alien planets: As it happens South Africa is one of those countries, and we\u2019ve been assigned the star WASP-62 and exoplanet WASP-62 b to name. This isn\u2019t the first time the IAU has run an initiative like this. In &#8230; Source: &#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews Brazil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[14066,27542,6223,2932,7289,4198,830,35015,6681],"class_list":{"0":"post-139171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-alien","8":"tag-astronomical","9":"tag-help","10":"tag-international","11":"tag-naming","12":"tag-needs","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-planets","15":"tag-union","16":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}