List of proper names of exoplanets
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Proper names for planets outside of the Solar System – known as exoplanets – are chosen by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through public naming contests known as NameExoWorlds.
Naming
The IAU's names for exoplanets – and on most occasions their host stars – are chosen by the Executive Committee Working Group (ECWG) on Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites, a group working parallel with the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN).[1] Proper names of stars chosen by the ECWG are explicitly recognised by the WGSN.[1] The ECWG's rules for naming exoplanets are identical to those adopted by the Minor Planet Center for minor planets.[2] Names are a single word consisting of sixteen characters or less, pronounceable in some language, non-offensive, and not identical to existing proper names of astronomical objects.[3] Copyrighted names, names of living individuals, and names with political or religious themes are disallowed by the ECWG.[4] In addition, the discoverer of a planet reserves the right to reject a proposed name for it.[5]
List
| Proper Name | Eponym | Star | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Period (days) | Semi-major axis (AU) | Discovery method | Disc. Year | Distance (ly) | Host star mass (M☉) | Host star temp. (K) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spe | "Hope" (Latin) | 14 Andromedae
(Veritate) |
4.8 | 185.84 | 0.83 | radial vel. | 2008 | 249.2 | 2.2 | 4813 | ||
| Arion | Arion (Greek myth) | 18 Delphini
(Musica) |
10.3 | 993.3 | 2.6 | radial vel. | 2008 | 238 | 2.3 | 4979 | ||
| Arkas | Arcas (Greek myth) | 41 Lyncis
(Intercrus) |
2.7 | 184.02 | 0.81 | radial vel. | 2007 | 287.9 | 2.1 | 4753 | ||
| Orbitar | neologism | 42 Draconis
(Fafnir) |
3.88 | 479.1 | 1.19 | radial vel. | 2008 | 317.3 | 0.98 | 4200 | ||
| Taphao Thong | Taphao Thong (Thai folktale character) | 47 Ursae Majoris
(Chalawan) |
2.53 | 1078 | 2.1 | radial vel. | 1996 | 45.9 | 1.03 | 5892 | ||
| Taphao Kaew | Taphao Kae (Thai folktale character) | 0.54 | 2391 | 3.6 | radial vel. | 2001 | 45.9 | 1.03 | 5892 | |||
| Dimidium | "Half" (Latin) | 51 Pegasi
(Helvetios) |
0.472 | 4.230785 | 0.0527 | radial vel. | 1995 | 50.1 | 1.12 | 5793 | First exoplanet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star | |
| Galileo | Italian astronomer | 55 Cancri A
(Copernicus) |
0.8306 | 14.65152 | 0.115227 | radial vel. | 1996 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | ||
| Brahe | Danish astronomer | 0.1714 | 44.4175 | 0.241376 | radial vel. | 2004 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | |||
| Lipperhey | Dutch lensmaker | 3.878 | 4825 | 5.503 | radial vel. | 2002 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | |||
| Janssen | French astronomer | 0.02542 | 0.17 | 0.736539 | 0.01544 | radial vel. | 2004 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | ||
| Harriot | English astronomer | 0.141 | 262 | 0.788 | radial vel. | 2007 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | |||
| Ægir | Norse myth | Epsilon Eridani
(Ran) |
1.55 | 2502 | 3.39 | radial vel. | 2000 | 10.5 | 0.83 | Controversial | ||
| Amateru | Japanese myth | Epsilon Tauri
(Ain) |
7.6 | 594.9 | 1.93 | radial vel. | 2006 | 155.0 | 2.7 | 4901 | ||
| Dagon | Levantine myth | Fomalhaut A | 555530 | 160 | imaging | 2008 | 25.1 | 2 | First extrasolar planet discovered by indirect imaging (visible light) | |||
| Tadmor | Ancient Palmyrene and modern Arabic name for Palmyra | Gamma Cephei A
(Errai) |
1.85 | 903.3 | 2.05 | radial vel. | 2003 | 45.0 | 1.4 | |||
| Meztli | Aztec myth | HD 104985
(Tonatiuh) |
6.33 | 199.505 | 0.95 | radial vel. | 2003 | 332.8 | ||||
| Smertrios | Celtic myth | HD 149026
(Ogma) |
0.368 | 0.813 | 2.8758911 | radial vel. | 2005 | 257.2 | 1.34 | 6160 | ||
| Hypatia | Greek astronomer | Iota Draconis
(Edasich) |
8.82 | 511.098 | 1.275 | radial vel. | 2002 | 102.2 | 1.05 | 4530 | ||
| Quijote | Don Quixote | Mu Arae
(Cervantes) |
1.676 | 643.25 | 1.497 | radial vel. | 2000 | 49.8 | 1.08 | 5807 | ||
| Dulcinea | Don Quixote | 0.03321 | 4205.8 | 5.235 | radial vel. | 2004 | 49.8 | 1.08 | 5807 | |||
| Rocinante | Don Quixote | 0.5219 | 9.6386 | 0.09094 | radial vel. | 2004 | 49.8 | 1.08 | 5807 | |||
| Sancho | Don Quixote | 1.814 | 310.55 | 0.921 | radial vel. | 2006 | 49.8 | 1.08 | 5807 | |||
| Thestias | Greek myth | Pollux | 2.3 | 589.64 | 1.64 | radial vel. | 2006 | 33.7 | 2.1 | 4946 | ||
| Saffar | Muslim astronomer | Upsilon Andromedae
(Titawin) |
0.6876 | 4.617033 | 0.059222 | radial vel. | 1996 | 43.9 | 1.3 | |||
| Samh | Muslim astronomer | 1.981 | 241.258 | 0.827774 | radial vel. | 1999 | 43.9 | 1.3 | ||||
| Majriti | Muslim astronomer | 10.25 | 1276.46 | 2.51329 | radial vel. | 1999 | 43.9 | 1.3 | ||||
| Fortitudo | "Fortitude" (Latin) | Xi Aquilae
(Libertas) |
2.8 | 136.75 | 0.68 | radial vel. | 2007 | 204.4 | 2.2 | 4780 | ||
| Draugr | Norse myth | PSR B1257+12
(Lich) |
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| Poltergeist | "noisy ghost" (in German) | |||||||||||
| Phobetor | Greek myth | |||||||||||
| Abol | First of three rounds in Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony | HD 16175
(Buna) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Ethiopia | |||||||||
| Agouto | Highest mountain in Togo | WASP-64
(Atakoraka) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Togo | |||||||||
| Arber | Name for inhabitants of Albania during the middle ages | HD 82886
(Illyrian) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Albania | |||||||||
| Tassili | Tassili n'Ajjer UNESCO World Heritage Site | HD 28678
(Hoggar) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Algeria | |||||||||
| Madriu | Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site | HD 131496
(Arcalís) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Andorra | |||||||||
| Naqaỹa | "brother-family-relative" in the Mocoví language | HD 48265
(Nosaxa) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Argentina | |||||||||
| Bocaprins | Boca Prins beach in Arikok National Park | WASP-39
(Malmok) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Aruba | |||||||||
| Yanyan | "boy" in the Boon wurrung language | HD 38283
(Bubup) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Australia | |||||||||
| Sissi | Character from the 1955 Austrian film "Sissi" | HAT-P-14
(Franz) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Austria | |||||||||
| Ganja | Ancient capital of Azerbaijan | HD 152581
(Mahsati) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Azerbaijan | |||||||||
| Tondra | "nap" in Bengali | HD 148427
(Timir) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Bangladesh | |||||||||
| Eburonia | The Eburones people, a prominent Celtic tribe | HD 49674
(Nervia) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Belgium | |||||||||
| Drukyul | Native name of Bhutan | HD 73534
(Gakyid) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Bhutan | |||||||||
| Yvaga | "paradise" in the Guarani language | HD 63765
(Tapecue) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Bolivia | |||||||||
| Naron | Ancient Celtic name for the Neretva river in the Balkans | HD 206610
(Bosona) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||||
| Guarani | Guaraní people of southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina | HD 23079
(Tupi) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Brazil | |||||||||
| Mastika | "gem/jewel" in Malay | HD 179949
(Gumala) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Brunei | |||||||||
| Bendida | Bendis, a Thracian goddess | WASP-21
(Tangra) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Bulgaria | |||||||||
| Nakanbé | Nakanbé river in Burkina Faso and Ghana | HD 30856
(Mouhoun) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Burkina Faso | |||||||||
| Awasis | "child" in the Cree language of Canada | HD 136418
(Nikawiy) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Canada | |||||||||
| Caleuche | Ghost ship from the Chilote mythology of Southern Chile | HD 164604
(Pincoya) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Chile | |||||||||
| Victoriapeak | Victoria Peak, a hill on Hong Kong Island | HD 212771
(Lionrock) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Wangshu | Chinese goddess of the Moon | HD 173416
(Xihe) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - China | |||||||||
| Sazum | Traditional name of Yuchi Township in Nantou County, Taiwan | HD 100655
(Formosa) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Taiwan | |||||||||
| Melquíades | Character from the novel Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez | HD 93083
(Macondo) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Colombia | |||||||||
| Pipitea | Small pearls found in Penrhyn lagoon | HD 281227
(Poerava) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Cook Islands | |||||||||
| Ditsö̀ | Name given to the first Bribri people by the god Sibö̀ in Talamancan mythology | WASP-17
(Diwö) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Costa Rica | |||||||||
| Veles | Veles, Slavic deity of earth, waters, and the underworld | HD 75898
(Stribor) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Croatia | |||||||||
| Finlay | Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist | BD-17 63
(Felixvarela) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Cuba | |||||||||
| Onasilos | Oldest recorded doctor in Cyprus | HD 168746
(Alasia) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Cyprus | |||||||||
| Makropulos | Věc Makropulos by Czech playwright Karel Čapek | XO-5
(Absolutno) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Czechia | |||||||||
| Surt | Ruler of Muspelheim from Norse mythology | HAT-P-29
(Muspelheim) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Denmark | |||||||||
| Boinayel | Boinayel, god of rain from Taíno mythology | WASP-6
(Márohu) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Dominican Republic | |||||||||
| Eyeke | "near" in the Waorani language | HD 6434
(Nenque) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Ecuador | |||||||||
| Cayahuanca | "rock looking at the stars" in Nahuatl | HD 52265
(Citalá) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - El Salvador | |||||||||
| Hämarik | "twilight" in Estonian | XO-4
(Koit) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Estonia | |||||||||
| Hiisi | Sacred localities and evil spirits from Finnic mythology | HAT-P-38
(Horna) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Finland | |||||||||
| Bélisama | Bélisama, Gaulish goddess of fire, the hearth, metallurgy, and glasswork | HD 8574
(Bélénos) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - France | |||||||||
| Mintome | Fang word for a mythical land where a brotherhood of brave men live | HD 208487
(Itonda) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Gabon | |||||||||
| Neri | Neri River in southern Ethiopia | HD 32518
(Mago) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Germany | |||||||||
| Toge | "earring" in the Ewe language | HD 181720
(Sika) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Ghana | |||||||||
| Iolaus | Nephew of Heracles from Greek mythology | HAT-P-42
(Lerna) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Greece | |||||||||
| Koyopa' | "lightning" in the Kʼicheʼ language | WASP-22
(Tojil) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Guatemala | |||||||||
| Indépendance | Haitian Declaration of Independence | HD 1502
(Citadelle) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Haiti | |||||||||
| Ixbalanqué | One of twin gods who became the Moon in K'iche' mythology | HD 98219
(Hunaphú) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Honduras | |||||||||
| Magor | Ancestor of the Magyars in Hungarian mythology | HAT-P-2
(Hunor) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Hungary | |||||||||
| Fold | "earth/soil" in Old Icelandic | HD 109246
(Funi) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Iceland | |||||||||
| Santamasa | "clouded" in Sanskrit | HD 86081
(Bibhā) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - India | |||||||||
| Noifasui | "revolve around" in the Nias language | HD 117618
(Dofida) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Indonesia | |||||||||
| Kavian | "relating to Kaveh" from the epic poem Shahnameh by Persian poet Ferdowsi | HD 175541
(Kaveh) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Iran | |||||||||
| Babylonia | Kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia | HD 231701
(Uruk) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Iraq | |||||||||
| Bran | Canine son of Tuiren and cousin of hunterwarrior Fionn mac Cumhaill from Irish mythology | HAT-P-36
(Tuiren) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Ireland | |||||||||
| Alef | First letter of the Hebrew alphabet | HAT-P-9
(Tevel) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Israel | |||||||||
| Lete | Italian spelling of Lethe, the underworld river of fog from Greek mythology | HD 102195
(Flegetonte) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Italy | |||||||||
| Asye | Earth goddess from Akan mythology | WASP-15
(Nyamien) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Côte d'Ivoire | |||||||||
| Chura | "natural beauty" in the Ryukyuan and Okinawan languages | HD 145457
(Kamui) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Japan | |||||||||
| Wadirum | Wadi Rum, largest valley in Jordan | WASP-80
(Petra) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Jordan | |||||||||
| Buru | "dust" in the Dholuo language | HD 83443
(Kalausi) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Kenya | |||||||||
| Staburags | Rock with symbolic meaning from Latvian poem Staburags un Liesma | HD 118203
(Liesma) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Latvia | |||||||||
| Beirut | Capital and largest city in Lebanon | HD 192263
(Phoenicia) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Lebanon | |||||||||
| Umbäässa | "small ant" in the Triesenberg dialect of southern Leichtenstein | TrES-3
(Pipoltr) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Liechtenstein | |||||||||
| Vytis | Vytis, the coat of arms of Lithuania | HAT-P-40
(Taika) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Lithuania | |||||||||
| Peitruss | Pétrusse river in Luxembourg | HD 45350
(Lucilinberhuc) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Luxembourg | |||||||||
| Trimobe | Rich ogre from Malagasy mythology | HD 153950
(Rapeto) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Madagascar | |||||||||
| Baiduri | "opal" in Malay | HD 20868
(Intan) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Malaysia | |||||||||
| Ġgantija | Megalithic temple complex on the Maltese island of Gozo | HAT-P-34
(Sansuna) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Malta | |||||||||
| Cuptor | Baking and drying chamber formerly used in Mauritius | WASP-72
(Diya) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Mauritius | |||||||||
| Xólotl | "animal" in Nahuatl | HD 224693
(Axólotl) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Mexico | |||||||||
| Isli | Lake in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco | WASP-161
(Tislit) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Morocco | |||||||||
| Hairu | "unity" in the Makhuwa language | HD 7199
(Emiw) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Mozambique | |||||||||
| Bagan | Bagan, ancient city in Myanmar | HD 18742
(Ayeyarwady) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Myanmar | |||||||||
| Laligurans | "rhododendron" in the Nepali language | HD 100777
(Sagarmatha) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Nepal | |||||||||
| Nachtwacht | Nachtwacht, painted by Rembrandt | HAT-P-6
(Sterrennacht) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Netherlands | |||||||||
| Kererū | Māori name for the New Zealand pigeon | HD 137388
(Karaka) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - New Zealand | |||||||||
| Xolotlan | Second largest lake in Nicaragua | HD 4208
(Cocibolca) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Nicaragua | |||||||||
| Equiano | Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian writer and abolitionist | HD 43197
(Amadioha) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Nigeria | |||||||||
| Albmi | "sky" in the Northern Sami language | HD 68988
(Násti) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Norway | |||||||||
| Perwana | "moth" in Urdu | HAT-P-23
(Shama) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Pakistan | |||||||||
| Jebus | Ancient name of Jerusalem | HD 99109
(Moriah) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Palestine | |||||||||
| Pollera | Traditional women's costume for the El Punto dance of Panama | WASP-79
(Montuno) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Panama | |||||||||
| Tumearandu | Son of the original man and woman of the universe in Guaraní mythology | HD 108147
(Tupã) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Paraguay | |||||||||
| Sumajmajta | Character from Way to the Sun by Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar | HD 156411
(Inquill) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Peru | |||||||||
| Haik | Successor to Aman Sinaya as god of the sea in Tagalog mythology | WASP-34
(Amansinaya) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Philippines | |||||||||
| Leklsullun | "child/children" in the Pitkern language | HD 102117
(Uklun) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Pitcairn Islands | |||||||||
| Pirx | Character from the books of Polish author Stanisław Lem | BD+14 4559
(Solaris) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Poland | |||||||||
| Viriato | Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion | HD 45652
(Lusitânia) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Portugal | |||||||||
| Aumatex | God of the wind in Taíno mythology | HIP 12961
(Koeia) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Puerto Rico | |||||||||
| Negoiu | Second highest peak in the Romanian Făgăraș mountain range | XO-1
(Moldoveanu) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Romania | |||||||||
| Teberda | Teberda River in the Dombay region of Russia | HAT-P-3
(Dombay) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Russia | |||||||||
| Dopere | North Senegalese area containing the water source of Belel | HD 181342
(Belel) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Senegal | |||||||||
| Vlasina | Vlasina River in southeastern Serbia | WASP-60
(Morava) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Serbia | |||||||||
| Viculus | "little village" in Latin | WASP-32
(Parumleo) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Singapore | |||||||||
| Kráľomoc | "Jupiter" in ancient Slovak | HAT-P-5
(Chasoň) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Slovakia | |||||||||
| Iztok | Character from Pod svobodnim soncem by Slovene author Fran Saleški Finžgar | WASP-38
(Irena) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Slovenia | |||||||||
| Krotoa | !Uriǁ'aeǀona translator, community builder, and educator during the founding of Cape Colony | WASP-62
(Naledi) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - South Africa | |||||||||
| Halla | Highest mountain in South Korea | 8 UMi
(Baekdu) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - South Korea | |||||||||
| Riosar | Sar River in Spain, featured in the works of Galician poet Rosalía de Castro | HD 149143
(Rosalíadecastro) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Spain | |||||||||
| Samagiya | "togetherness/unity" in the Sinhalese language | HD 205739
(Sāmaya) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Sri Lanka | |||||||||
| Isagel | Character from Aniara by Swedish poet Harry Martinson | HD 102956
(Aniara) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Sweden | |||||||||
| Eiger | Prominent peak in the Bernese Alps | HD 130322
(Mönch) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Switzerland | |||||||||
| Ugarit | City where scribes devised the Ugaritic alphabet | HD 218566
(Ebla) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Syria | |||||||||
| Tanzanite | Tanzanite mineral | WASP-71
(Mpingo) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Tanzania | |||||||||
| Maeping | Ping River in Thailand | WASP-50
(Chaophraya) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Thailand | |||||||||
| Ramajay | "to sing and make music" in Trinidadian Creole | HD 96063
(Dingolay) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||
| Khomsa | Palm shaped amulet popular in Tunisia | HD 192699
(Chechia) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Tunisia | |||||||||
| Göktürk | Turkic peoples who established the Turkic Khaganate | WASP-52
(Anadolu) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Turkey | |||||||||
| Tryzub | Tryzub, the coat of arms of Ukraine | HAT-P-15
(Berehinya) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Ukraine | |||||||||
| Barajeel | Wind tower used to re-direct wind flow as a form of air conditioning | HIP 79431
(Sharjah) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - United Arab Emirates | |||||||||
| Cruinlagh | "to orbit" in Manx Gaelic | WASP-13
(Gloas) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - United Kingdom | |||||||||
| Mulchatna | Mulchatna River in southwestern Alaska, United States | HD 17156
(Nushagak) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - United States of America | |||||||||
| Ibirapitá | Tree native to Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil | HD 63454
(Ceibo) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Uruguay | |||||||||
| Madalitso | "blessings" in the Nyanja language | HD 85390
(Natasha) |
2019 IAU NameExoWorlds Campaign - Zambia |
See also
References
Sources
- Christensen, Lars Lindberg; Liu, Xiaowei; Montmerle, Thierry; Valsecchi, Giovanni; Williams, Robert (15 January 2016). "Naming of exoplanets". International Astronomical Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
Citations
- ^ a b Garcia, Beatriz; Hamacher, Duane; Mamajek, Eric; Montmerle, Thierry; Pasachoff, Jay; Ridpath, Ian; Xiaochun, Sun (July 2016). "Bulletin of the IAU Working Group on Star Names, No. 1" (PDF). International Astronomical Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
The naming purview for the WGSN will specifically be for stars [...] but will specifically exclude exoplanets (purview of EC WG Public Naming of Planets and the Planetary Systems) [...] The WGSN explicitly recognizes the names of exoplanets and their host stars approved by the EC WG Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites.
- ^ Montmerle et al. 2016, "The public names proposed in naming campaign should follow the naming rules and restrictions adopted for Minor Bodies of the Solar System, by the IAU and by the Minor Planet Center..."
- ^ Montmerle et al. 2016, "16 characters or less in length; Preferably one word; Pronounceable (in some language); Non-offensive; Not too similar to an existing name of an astronomical object."
- ^ Montmerle et al. 2016, "In addition it is not allowed to propose: Names of individuals, places or events principally known for political, military or religious activities; Names of living individuals [...] The process must be respectful of intellectual property: It must be demonstrated that previously existing names, when proposed, are free for public use (i.e., for instance, not subject to copyright royalties, as could be the case for names created in fiction works, like books, plays, movies, etc.)..."
- ^ Christensen, Lars Lindberg; Liu, Xiaowei; Montmerle, Thierry; Valsecchi, Giovanni; Williams, Robert (13 August 2013). "Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites: Reaching Out for Worldwide Recognition with the Help of the IAU" (PDF). International Astronomical Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
The process must be respectful of intellectual property: a. it must have the formal agreement of the discoverers, who may participate in the process...
