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On 26 October 2018, an electronic vote among all members of the [[International Astronomical Union]] voted 78% to recommend changing the name of the Hubble law to the [[Hubble–Lemaître law]].<ref name="iau2018" />{{sfn|Gibney|2018|p=}}
 
== In popular culture ==
 
In 2019, he was the subject of a survey question: "Should schools in America teach the creation theory of Catholic priest Georges Lemaitre as part of their science curriculum?" 53% of respondents said "No", presumably confusing his theory with [[Creationism]] [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/teaching-arabic-numerals/].
 
=== Namesakes ===