A Dragon Ball fan, Lou Earley petitioning to rename a planet after Namek, it’s the home planet of Piccolo from Dragon Ball.

The planet’s current name Kepler 22b as it’s in Kepler 22’s solar system. But it’s highly identical to Planet Namek.

This is what Lou Earley had to say on the petition.

As a fan of Dragon Ball, Z/GT/Super, Planet Namek has been an icon throughout the stories of the famous anime series/manga series created by Akira Toriyama (Animated by Toei Animation). I have made this petition to get Kepler 22b an official name, which will be named after a very lavish planet. They look alike as well. I petition to change the name of Kepler 22b to “Namek”.

 If this petition reaches 75,000 signatures, it will be sent to the International Astronomical Union (IAS) for consideration of planet name change.

The petition is currently less than 8,000 signatures away from achieving that goal. Why don’t you sign it up as well? go ahead. Namek Petition