Artist’s impression of the newly-named planet Thestias around its star Pollux. Credit: NASA/ESA and G. Bacon (STScI).
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) — the authority responsible for assigning official names to celestial bodies — released the winners of its NameExoWorlds contest today (December 15, 2015). A public vote chose the new names of 14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting around them. More than half a million votes from 182 countries and territories contributed to the IAU’s new official designations of the alien worlds.
Per the contest’s guidelines, the newly adopted names take the form of mythological figures from a wide variety of cultures across history, as well as famous scientists, fictional characters, ancient cities and words selected from bygone languages.
Voting concluded on October 31, 2015, with a total of 573,242 votes from the public contributing to the naming of 31 exoplanets and 14 host stars outside our solar system.
The public voted on the 274 proposed names submitted by a wide variety of astronomy organizations from 45 countries all over the world — including amateur astronomy groups, schools, universities and planetariums. The successful entries were received from across the globe — four were received from North America (USA, Canada), one from Latin America (Mexico), two from the Middle East & Africa (Morocco, Syria), six from Europe (France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland), and six from Asia-Pacific (Australia, Japan, Thailand).
Here is the list of winning names, with the official scientific nomenclature, the new name, and the winning name’s country of origin:
The complete results, including vote counts, proposers, and citations are published on the IAU NameExoWorlds website.
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Bottom line: On December 15, 2015, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) released the winners of its NameExoWorlds contest. A public vote chose the new names of 14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting around them.
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Artist’s impression of the newly-named planet Thestias around its star Pollux. Credit: NASA/ESA and G. Bacon (STScI).
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) — the authority responsible for assigning official names to celestial bodies — released the winners of its NameExoWorlds contest today (December 15, 2015). A public vote chose the new names of 14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting around them. More than half a million votes from 182 countries and territories contributed to the IAU’s new official designations of the alien worlds.
Per the contest’s guidelines, the newly adopted names take the form of mythological figures from a wide variety of cultures across history, as well as famous scientists, fictional characters, ancient cities and words selected from bygone languages.
Voting concluded on October 31, 2015, with a total of 573,242 votes from the public contributing to the naming of 31 exoplanets and 14 host stars outside our solar system.
The public voted on the 274 proposed names submitted by a wide variety of astronomy organizations from 45 countries all over the world — including amateur astronomy groups, schools, universities and planetariums. The successful entries were received from across the globe — four were received from North America (USA, Canada), one from Latin America (Mexico), two from the Middle East & Africa (Morocco, Syria), six from Europe (France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland), and six from Asia-Pacific (Australia, Japan, Thailand).
Here is the list of winning names, with the official scientific nomenclature, the new name, and the winning name’s country of origin:
The complete results, including vote counts, proposers, and citations are published on the IAU NameExoWorlds website.
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Bottom line: On December 15, 2015, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) released the winners of its NameExoWorlds contest. A public vote chose the new names of 14 stars and 31 exoplanets orbiting around them.
from EarthSky http://ift.tt/1I74Uoq
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