Why Hasn't New Horizons Submitted Feature Names to IAU Yet?

.@alanstern says New Horizons team has not submitted Pluto nomenclature suggestions to IAU yet. "Informal names" to continue. #DPSEPSC

— Alexandra Witze (@alexwitze) October 18, 2016

By stalling they get more published citations using "informal" #Pluto names - formally - so as to try and force the IAU's hand #DPSEPSC https://t.co/4fV7lUTgpN

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