Exoplanet Naming Society


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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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» Changes to the Naming Guidelines
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» The Exoplanet Naming Society has been created!
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