Name Day: IAU contest names 20 new exoplanets

Stars and their planets are typically named with numbers and letters from the surveys that discovered them. But those titles can seem nonintuitive and confusing to the public. Now, a set of 20 exoplanetary systems have been awarded proper names, thanks to teams of students, teachers, and amateur and professional astronomers from around the world.Continue reading “Name Day: IAU contest names 20 new exoplanets”
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