if you found another planet then would you be able to call it anything you liked?

Question: if you found another planet then would you be able to call it anything you liked?
- Keywords:
  discovery,
  name,
  planet,
  space
Asked by hola123 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 19 Mar 2013.
- Sophie Holles answered on 19 Mar 2013:
  
  I don’t know, I’d like to hope I could name a planet something funny if I wanted to like Sallydoolally, I know that scientists can name asteroids after themselves if they discover them..
- Nathan Green answered on 19 Mar 2013:
  
  I reckon pretty much anything. Probably stay away from insulting other people or swearing though. And you couldnt use something that been used before, or maybe Jupiter 2!

Question: if you found another planet then would you be able to call it anything you liked?