Pick a name for this icy universe during a corner of a solar system

Heads up, armchair travellers.

NASA is seeking a nickname for a tiny, icy universe on a corner of a solar complement that’s a subsequent end for New Horizons, a booster that surveyed Pluto.

New Horizons churned past Pluto dual years ago. Now it’s headed for 2014 MU69 — gobbledygook to even a many revolutionary scientists.

To abate a mood as New Horizons aims for a 2019 flyby, a investigate group is holding a fixing contest. The deadline is Dec. 1.

MU69 is 6.5 billion kilometres (4 billion miles) divided and might indeed be dual objects, possibly stranded together or orbiting one another. If so, dual nicknames would be needed. The nicknames will be temporary. NASA pronounced Monday that a grave name will come after a flyby.

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