Name Hayabusa2's asteroid target!

Have you ever wanted to name an asteroid? JAXA is offering the opportunity to name Hayabusa2's target asteroid, 1999 JU3 to the public through a contest that runs through August 31. There are few conditions on the application process except the standard ones imposed by the IAU:

• no more than 16 characters long (including any spaces or punctuation);
• preferably one word;
• pronounceable (in some language);
• written using Latin characters (transliterations of names from languages not written using Latin characters are acceptable);
• non-offensive;
• not identical with or even too similar to an existing name of a minor planet or natural planetary satellite.

Anyone can apply through the application form, and you can make multiple suggestions if you like.

I've run a few of these naming contests in my time but have nothing whatever to do with this contest, so please allow me to offer a few suggestions:

• The two most popular types of name suggestions I see in asteroid naming contests are people who want to name it for themselves, or people who want to name it for friends/family members/pets, alive or deceased. There are lots of asteroids named for people's friends or family or pets, but that kind of suggestion is unlikely to win an international contest; you need to suggest a name that will have significance to more people than just you.
• Another popular name theme is to suggest a name that implies that the asteroid is a threat to Earth (e.g. "Doom" or "Smashocalypse"). I am very glad to tell you that Hayabusa2's target asteroid, 1999 JU3, offers no threat to Earth, so such names don't really fit.
• One last thing I've noticed is that whenever I write about a naming contest, people offer name suggestions in the comments on that post. I will not be forwarding any name suggestions from the comments section to JAXA; if you want to submit a name, please go to the application form so that JAXA will see it!

Good luck!