Thanks to Nasa’s New Horizons fly-by of Pluto earlier this month, we now have much better images of the surface of the celestial body that was once classified as a planet, then demoted and then slightly upgraded to a dwarf planet.

But with new images of the surface comes a whole new challenge: what to name the vast amount of craters, ridges, plateaus and plains.

According to the rules of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the features on Pluto and its moon Charon, they have to originate from underwater mythology. But Nasa being the organisation that they are, naturally have more leeway when it come to naming things.

What should make any nerd or geek very proud, is that Nasa is mulling over a selection of names from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Firefly, Alien and Lord of the Rings. At least, the scientists are planning to submit those names to the IAU, according to Nasa team maps of Pluto.

But Nasa isn’t completely skirting the IAU rules. It did submit some underwater mythology names, like the Cthulu regio (regio being a large area differentiated by its color) and the Balrog macula (dark spot).

But what body is the geekiest of them all? Well, it turns out that Pluto’s moon Charon has that honour.

With place like Spock, Kirk, Sulu and Uhura craters on the Vulcan plane, and Tardis chasma on the Gallifrey macula, to Mordor macula and Vader crater, it does conform to the IAU naming rules for the moon – which has to be “destinations and milestones of fictional space,” as well as fictional spaceships and travelers.

But what are the odds of the names actually sticking and being officially used in the future?

Well, New Horizons planetary scientist Mark Showalter thinks they have a good chance. “We have a decent chance of getting these names approved,” he said.

“The IAU tends to favor names that have been around for a while, but Star Trek is almost 50-years-old now and Star Wars is about 40-years-old,” he added.

Star Trek’s Captain Kirk also through his support being the geekiest namings ever.

“I am proud that they have named a series of physical features on Charon after Star Trek and other shows including Kirk’s Crater. It is an honor to have a character you helped create be given such an esteemed recognition,” William Shatner told Mashable.