 | Exoplanet Naming Society
This is the Exoplanet Naming Society. Check the announcement for more information!
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| | | | The Exoplanet Naming Society has been created! |  Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:30 am by Zurack | Today the Exoplanet Naming Society has been created!
Extrasolar Planets usually have the name of their host star, with a lowercase letter after it, starting with b for the first planet found in the system (51 Pegasi b). The next planet found in the system is labeled with the next letter of the alphabet (Gliese 876 c).
The problem with this system is that most stars ha...
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| Latest topics | » A Name for WASP-1 b
by mafiafran Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:06 pm
» Fomalhaut b - The first Exoplanet observed directly in visible light!
by mafiafran Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:04 pm
» Gliese 581d - Super Earth
by mafiafran Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:01 pm
» Super Earth Name
by ReveryYoke Fri Jul 23, 2010 3:18 am
» Voting?
by Neil Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:47 am
» Gliese 317 b: Medea
by Neil Wed May 26, 2010 2:34 am
» 61 Virginis b, c, d
by graywyvern Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:07 pm
» Gliuese 876 d, c, b
by graywyvern Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:02 pm
» Gliese 649b: Gilgamesh
by graywyvern Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:00 pm
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