Word: columbiana
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...name. The committee in charge consists of Professor Henry Norris Russell, director of the Princeton Observatory, and Hamilton Fish Strong. Working in conjunction with them are the various college newspapers, which are running branch contests to decide whether the name of the new planet will be Harvardiana, Yalensis, Tiga, Columbiana, Cornellia, or Pennsylvania. Princeton was not selected, as there is already a planet of that name...
...charge consists of Professor Henry Norris Russell, director of the Princeton Observatory, and Hamilton Fish Armstrong. Working in conjunction with them will be the various college newspapers, who have been asked to run branch contests to decide whether the name of the new planet will be Harviardiana, Yalensis, Tiga, Columbiana, Cornellia or Pennsylvania...