MESSENGER, NASA's Mercury orbiter has put in the most recent three years spotting impact craters, and now, the time came to name some of them, and authorities are asking opinions from general public, as per a Washington Post report.

NASA's MESSENGER orbiter initially began orbiting Mercury in March 2011, and is three years past completion of its main mission, and the spaceship is presently nearing the end of its life. It ought to run out of the fuel in March 2015, and the gravity will send it crushing into the surface of Mercury.

Keeping in mind the end goal to bring some thoughtfulness regarding MESSENGER's victories — the only former rocket to visit the planet was Mariner 10, which took a couple of pictures amid a 1970s flyby — the spaceship has shot 250,000 pictures over to Earth that has permitted researchers to map the whole surface of Mercury.

A portion of the topographical gimmicks will need names to help stay informed regarding them, and people in general can submit thoughts for what to name until Jan. 15, with champs declared in the spring.

However, you can't name the craters anything you fancy. The tenets specify that they must be named after an "art-historically noteworthy figure" who has had a real effect on the universe of art for more than 50 years, and has been dead for no less than three years. Likewise, no copies are permitted, so check to verify the submission hasn't already been given to a Mercury crater or an another earth's planetary group feature.