NameExoWorlds, an IAU Worldwide Contest to Name Alien Planets, Continues Controversy

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This artist’s impression of an exoplanet currently represents a distant world with an alien name. But now, the IAU is giving you the chance to rename it with a little jazz. Image Credit: IAU / M. Kornmesser / N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)

The International Astronomical Union has unveiled a worldwide contest, NameExoWorlds, which gives the public a role in naming planets and their host stars beyond the solar system.

It’s the latest chapter in a years-long controversy over how celestial objects, including exoplanets, are classified and named.(…)
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