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
[edit]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 blacklisted by the ECWG.[4] In addition, the discoverer of a planet reserves the right to reject a proposed name for it.[5]
List
[edit]| Name of Planet | Eponym | Name of 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 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Arion | Ancient Greek poet | 18 Delphini
(Musica) |
10.3 | 993.3 | 2.6 | radial vel. | 2008 | 238 | 2.3 | 4979 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Arkas | Son of Zeus and Callisto in Greek myth | 41 Lyncis
(Intercrus) |
2.7 | 184.02 | 0.81 | radial vel. | 2007 | 287.9 | 2.1 | 4753 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Orbitar | Neologism | 42 Draconis
(Fafnir) |
3.88 | 479.1 | 1.19 | radial vel. | 2008 | 317.3 | 0.98 | 4200 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Taphao Thong | Thai folktale character | 47 Ursae Majoris
(Chalawan) |
2.53 | 1078 | 2.1 | radial vel. | 1996 | 45.9 | 1.03 | 5892 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Taphao Kaew | 0.54 | 2391 | 3.6 | radial vel. | 2001 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| 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
2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Galileo | Italian astronomer | 55 Cancri A
(Copernicus) |
0.8306 | 14.65152 | 0.115227 | radial vel. | 1996 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Brahe | Danish astronomer | 0.1714 | 44.4175 | 0.241376 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Lipperhey | Dutch lensmaker | 3.878 | 4825 | 5.503 | radial vel. | 2002 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Janssen | Dutch astronomer | 0.02542 | 0.17 | 0.736539 | 0.01544 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||
| Harriot | English astronomer | 0.141 | 262 | 0.788 | radial vel. | 2007 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Ægir | God of the sea in Norse mythology | Epsilon Eridani
(Ran) |
1.55 | 2502 | 3.39 | radial vel. | 2000 | 10.5 | 0.83 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||
| Amateru | Amaterasu, Japanese sun goddess | Epsilon Tauri
(Ain) |
7.6 | 594.9 | 1.93 | radial vel. | 2006 | 155.0 | 2.7 | 4901 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Dagon | Fertility god of Levantine mythology | Fomalhaut A | 555530 | 160 | imaging | 2008 | 25.1 | 2 | First extrasolar planet discovered by indirect imaging (visible light)
Found in 2020 to be a debris cloud from a collision of asteroids rather than a planet | |||
| 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 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||
| Meztli | Aztec god of the night and moon | HD 104985
(Tonatiuh) |
6.33 | 199.505 | 0.95 | radial vel. | 2003 | 332.8 | 1.6 | 4786 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Smertrios | Gallic deity, sometimes equated with Roman Mars | HD 149026
(Ogma) |
0.368 | 0.813 | 2.8758911 | radial vel. | 2005 | 257.2 | 1.34 | 6160 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Hypatia | Female Greek astronomer and philosopher | Iota Draconis (Edasich) | 8.82 | 511.098 | 1.275 | radial vel. | 2002 | 102.2 | 1.05 | 4530 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Quijote | Characters from Don Quixote | Mu Arae
(Cervantes) |
1.676 | 643.25 | 1.497 | radial vel. | 2000 | 49.8 | 1.08 | 5807 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Dulcinea | 0.03321 | 4205.8 | 5.235 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Rocinante | 0.5219 | 9.6386 | 0.09094 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Sancho | 1.814 | 310.55 | 0.921 | radial vel. | 2006 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Thestias | Greek myth | Pollux | 2.3 | 589.64 | 1.64 | radial vel. | 2006 | 33.7 | 2.1 | 4946 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Saffar | Muslim astronomer | Upsilon Andromedae
(Titawin) |
0.6876 | 4.617033 | 0.059222 | radial vel. | 1996 | 43.9 | 1.3 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||
| Samh | Muslim astronomer | 1.981 | 241.258 | 0.827774 | radial vel. | 1999 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Majriti | Muslim astronomer | 10.25 | 1276.46 | 2.51329 | radial vel. | 1999 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Fortitudo | "Fortitude" (Latin) | Xi Aquilae
(Libertas) |
2.8 | 136.75 | 0.68 | radial vel. | 2007 | 204.4 | 2.2 | 4780 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Draugr | Norse myth | PSR B1257+12
(Lich) |
6.29×10−5 | 25.262 | 0.19 | timing | 1994 | 2300 | 1.4 | 28,856 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Poltergeist | "noisy ghost" (in German) | 0.0135 | 66.5419 | 0.36 | timing | 1992 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Phobetor | Greek myth | 0.0123 | 98.2114 | 0.46 | timing | 1992 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Arber | Name for inhabitants of Albania during the Middle Ages | HD 82886
(Illyrian) |
1.3 | 705 | 1.65 | radial vel. | 2011 | 407.7 | 2.53 | 4953 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Albania | |
| Tassili | Tassili n'Ajjer UNESCO World Heritage Site | HD 28678
(Hoggar) |
1.7 | 387.1 | 1.24 | radial vel. | 2011 | 622.7 | 1.74 | 5076 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Algeria | |
| Madriu | Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site | HD 131496
(Arcalís) |
2.2 | 883 | 2.09 | radial vel. | 2011 | 358.8 | 1.61 | 4927 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Andorra | |
| Naqaỹa | "brother-family-relative" in the Mocoví language | HD 48265
(Nosaxa) |
1.16 | 700 | 1.51 | radial vel. | 2008 | 285 | 0.93 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Argentina | ||
| Bocaprins | Boca Prins beach in Arikok National Park | WASP-39
(Malmok) |
0.28 | 1.27 | 4.055259 | 0.0486 | transit | 2011 | 750.2 | 0.93 | 5400 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Aruba |
| Yanyan | "boy" in the Boon wurrung language | HD 38283
(Bubup) |
0.34 | 363.2 | 1.02 | radial vel. | 2011 | 123 | 1.085 | 5945 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Australia | |
| Sissi | Character from the 1955 Austrian film "Sissi" | HAT-P-14
(Franz) |
1.150 | 1.2 | 4.627657 | 0.0594 | transit | 2010 | 668.6 | 1.386 | 6600 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Austria |
| Ganja | Ancient capital of Azerbaijan | HD 152581
(Mahsati) |
1.5 | 689 | 1.48 | radial vel. | 2011 | 606.7 | 0.927 | 5155 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Azerbaijan | |
| Tondra | "nap" in Bengali | HD 148427
(Timir) |
0.96 | 331.5 | 0.93 | radial vel. | 2009 | 193 | 1.45 | 5052 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bangladesh | |
| Eburonia | The Eburones people, a prominent Celtic tribe | HD 49674
(Nervia) |
0.1 | 0.98 | 4.94739 | 0.058 | radial vel. | 2002 | 133 | 1.07 | 5482 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Belgium |
| Drukyul | Native name of Bhutan | HD 73534
(Gakyid) |
1.15 | 1800 | 3.15 | radial vel. | 2009 | 316.3 | 1.29 | 4952 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bhutan | |
| Yvaga | "paradise" in the Guarani language | HD 63765
(Tapecue) |
0.64 | 358 | 0.949 | radial vel. | 2009 | 106 | 0.865 | 5432 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bolivia | |
| Naron | Ancient Celtic name for the Neretva river in the Balkans | HD 206610
(Bosona) |
2.2 | 610 | 1.68 | radial vel. | 2010 | 632.7 | 1.56 | 4874 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Guarani | Guaraní people of southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina | HD 23079
(Tupi) |
2.45 | 730.6 | 1.596 | radial vel. | 2001 | 114 | 1.1 | 5848 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Brazil | |
| Mastika | "gem/jewel" in Malay | HD 179949
(Gumala) |
0.92 | 1.05 | 3.0925 | 0.045 | radial vel. | 2000 | 88.1 | 1.28 | 6260 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Brunei |
| Bendida | Bendis, a Thracian goddess | WASP-21
(Tangra) |
0.3 | 1.21 | 4.3225126 | 0.052 | transit | 2010 | 750.2 | 1.01 | 5800 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bulgaria |
| Nakanbé | Nakanbé river in Burkina Faso and Ghana | HD 30856 A
(Mouhoun) |
1.8 | 912 | 2.0 | radial vel. | 2011 | 385.2 | 1.35 | 4982 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Burkina Faso | |
| Awasis | "child" in the Cree language of Canada | HD 136418
(Nikawiy) |
2.0 | 464.3 | 1.32 | radial vel. | 2010 | 320 | 1.33 | 5071 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Canada | |
| Caleuche | Ghost ship from the Chilote mythology of Southern Chile | HD 164604
(Pincoya) |
1.998 | 641.47 | 1.331 | radial vel. | 2010 | 129 | 0.77 | 4684 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Chile | |
| Wangshu | Chinese goddess of the Moon | HD 173416
(Xihe) |
2.7 | 323.6 | 1.16 | radial vel. | 2009 | 440.3 | 2.0 | 4683 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
China | |
| Melquíades | Character from the novel Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez | HD 93083
(Macondo) |
0.37 | 143.58 | 0.477 | radial vel. | 2005 | 94.3 | 0.7 | 4995 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Colombia | |
| Pipitea | Small pearls found in Penrhyn lagoon | HD 221287
(Poerava) |
3.09 | 456.1 | 1.25 | radial vel. | 2007 | 173 | 1.25 | 6304 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Cook Islands | |
| Ditsö̀ | Name given to the first Bribri people by the god Sibö̀ in Talamancan mythology | WASP-17
(Diwö) |
0.486 | 1.991 | 3.735438 | 0.0515 | transit | 2009 | 1338.57 | 1.2 | 6650 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Costa Rica |
| Asye | Earth goddess from Akan mythology | WASP-15
(Nyamien) |
0.542 | 1.428 | 3.7520656 | 0.0499 | transit | 2008 | 1005 | 1.18 | 6300 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Côte d'Ivoire |
| Veles | Veles, Slavic deity of earth, waters, and the underworld | HD 75898
(Stribor) |
2.51 | 418.2 | 1.19 | radial vel. | 2007 | 262.8 | 1.28 | 6021 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Croatia | |
| Finlay | Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist | BD−17 63
(Felixvarela) |
5.1 | 655.6 | 1.34 | radial vel. | 2008 | 113 | 0.74 | 4714 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Cuba | |
| Onasilos | Oldest recorded doctor in Cyprus | HD 168746
(Alasia) |
0.23 | 6.403 | 0.065 | radial vel. | 2002 | 140.6 | 0.88 | 5610 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Cyprus | |
| Makropulos | Věc Makropulos by Czech playwright Karel Čapek | XO-5
(Absolutno) |
1.077 | 1.03 | 4.1877537 | 0.0487 | transit | 2008 | 831.7 | 0.88 | 5510 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Czechia |
| Surt | Ruler of Muspelheim from Norse mythology | HAT-P-29
(Muspelheim) |
0.778 | 1.107 | 5.723186 | 0.0667 | transit | 2011 | 1050 | 1.207 | 6087 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Denmark |
| Boinayel | Boinayel, god of rain from Taíno mythology | WASP-6
(Márohu) |
0.503 | 1.224 | 3.361006 | 0.0421 | transit | 2008 | 1001 | 0.888 | 5450 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Dominican Republic |
| Eyeke | "near" in the Waorani language | HD 6434
(Nenque) |
0.39 | 21.998 | 0.14 | radial vel. | 2000 | 131.5 | 0.79 | 5835 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ecuador | |
| Cayahuanca | "rock looking at the stars" in Nahuatl | HD 52265
(Citalá) |
1.21 | 119.27 | 0.52 | radial vel. | 2000 | 91 | 1.2 | 6159 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
El Salvador | |
| Hämarik | "twilight" in Estonian | XO-4
(Koit) |
1.616 | 1.317 | 4.12473 | 0.05485 | transit | 2008 | 955.6 | 1.32 | 5700 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Estonia |
| Abol | First of three rounds in Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony | HD 16175
(Buna) |
4.8 | 996.4 | 2.2 | radial vel. | 2009 | 196 | 1.34 | 6048 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ethiopia | |
| Hiisi | Sacred localities and evil spirits from Finnic mythology | HAT-P-38
(Horna) |
0.267 | 0.825 | 4.640382 | 0.0523 | transit | 2012 | 812.1 | 0.886 | 5330 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Finland |
| Bélisama | Belisama, Gaulish goddess likened to the Roman Minerva. | HD 8574
(Bélénos) |
2.11 | 227.55 | 0.77 | radial vel. | 2003 | 144 | 1.17 | 6080 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
France | |
| Mintome | Fang word for a mythical land where a brotherhood of brave men live | HD 208487
(Itonda) |
0.413 | 129.8 | 0.51 | radial vel. | 2004 | 147 | 1.3 | 5929 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Gabon | |
| Neri | Neri River in southern Ethiopia | HD 32518
(Mago) |
3.04 | 157.54 | 0.59 | radial vel. | 2009 | 382.9 | 1.13 | 4580 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Germany | |
| Toge | "earring" in the Ewe language | HD 181720
(Sika) |
>12.12 | 956.0 | 1.78 | radial vel. | 2009 | 183 | 0.92 | 5781 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ghana | |
| Iolaus | Nephew of Heracles from Greek mythology | HAT-P-42
(Lerna) |
0.975 | 1.277 | 4.641876 | 0.0575 | transit | 2012 | 1458 | 1.179 | 5743 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Greece |
| Koyopa' | "lightning" in the Kʼicheʼ language | WASP-22
(Tojil) |
0.617 | 1.199 | 3.5327313 | 0.04698 | transit | 2010 | 978.5 | 1.1 | 6000 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Guatemala |
| Indépendance | Haitian Declaration of Independence | HD 1502
(Citadelle) |
2.75 | 1.183 | 428.5 | 1.262 | radial vel. | 2011 | 518.6 | 1.46 | 4947 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Haiti |
| Ixbalanqué | One of twin gods who became the Moon in K'iche' mythology | HD 98219
(Hunaphú) |
1.8 | 436.9 | 1.23 | radial vel. | 2011 | 437.0 | 1.3 | 4992 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Honduras | |
| Victoriapeak | Victoria Peak, a hill on Hong Kong Island | HD 212771
(Lionrock) |
2.3 | 373.3 | 1.22 | radial vel. | 2010 | 427.3 | 1.15 | 5121 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Hong Kong | |
| Magor | Ancestor of the Magyars in Hungarian mythology | HAT-P-2
(Hunor) |
8.74 | 0.951 | 5.6334729 | 0.0674 | transit | 2007 | 384.9 | 1.34 | 6414 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Hungary |
| Fold | "earth/soil" in Old Icelandic | HD 109246
(Funi) |
0.77 | 68.27 | 0.33 | radial vel. | 2010 | 214 | 1.01 | 5844 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Iceland | |
| Santamasa | "clouded" in Sanskrit | HD 86081 A
(Bibhā) |
1.5 | 1.08 | 1.99809 | 0.039 | radial vel. | 2006 | 297 | 1.21 | 6028 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
India |
| Noifasui | "revolve around" in the Nias language | HD 117618
(Dofida) |
0.174 | 25.8 | 0.18 | radial vel. | 2004 | 124 | 1.05 | 5861 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Indonesia | |
| Kavian | "relating to Kaveh" from the epic poem Shahnameh by Persian poet Ferdowsi | HD 175541
(Kaveh) |
0.61 | 297.3 | 1.03 | radial vel. | 2007 | 417.5 | 1.65 | 5060 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Iran | |
| Babylonia | Kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia | HD 231701
(Uruk) |
1.08 | 141.89 | 0.53 | radial vel. | 2007 | 353.6 | 1.14 | 6208 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Iraq | |
| Bran | Canine son of Tuiren and cousin of hero Fionn mac Cumhaill from Irish mythology | HAT-P-36
(Tuiren) |
1.832 | 1.264 | 1.327347 | 0.0238 | transit | 2012 | 1034 | 1.022 | 5580 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ireland |
| Alef | First letter of the Hebrew alphabet | HAT-P-9
(Tevel) |
0.67 | 1.4 | 3.922814 | 0.053 | transit | 2008 | 1566 | 1.28 | 6350 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Israel |
| Lete | Italian spelling of Lethe, the underworld river of fog from Greek mythology | HD 102195
(Flegetonte) |
0.46 | 4.113775 | 0.049 | radial vel. | 2005 | 94.52 | 0.926 | 5291 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Italy | |
| Chura | "natural beauty" in the Ryukyuan and Okinawan languages | HD 145457
(Kamuy)[6] |
2.9 | 176.3 | 0.76 | radial vel. | 2010 | 411.0 | 1.9 | 4757 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Japan | |
| Wadirum | Wadi Rum, largest valley in Jordan | WASP-80
(Petra) |
0.554 | 0.952 | 3.0678504 | 0.0346 | transit | 2013 | 196 | 0.58 | 4145 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Jordan |
| Buru | "dust" in the Dholuo language | HD 83443
(Kalausi) |
0.4 | 1.04 | 2.98572 | 0.0406 | radial vel. | 2002 | 142.0 | 0.9 | 5460 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Kenya |
| Staburags | Rock with symbolic meaning from Latvian poem Staburags un Liesma | HD 118203
(Liesma) |
2.173 | 1.133 | 6.13498 | 0.07082 | radial vel. | 2005 | 289 | 1.23 | 5600 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Latvia |
| Beirut | Capital and largest city in Lebanon | HD 192263
(Phoenicia) |
0.733 | 24.3587 | 0.15312 | radial vel. | 1999 | 64.9 | 0.81 | 4965 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Lebanon | |
| Umbäässa | "small ant" in the Triesenberg dialect of southern Liechtenstein | TrES-3
(Pipoltr) |
1.91 | 1.305 | 1.30618608 | 0.0226 | transit | 2007 | 1219.51 | 0.924 | 5720 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Liechtenstein |
| Vytis | Vytis, the coat of arms of Lithuania | HAT-P-40
(Taika) |
0.615 | 1.73 | 4.457243 | 0.0608 | transit | 2012 | 1634 | 1.512 | 6080 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Lithuania |
| Peitruss | Pétrusse river in Luxembourg | HD 45350
(Lucilinburhuc) |
1.79 | 890.76 | 1.92 | radial vel. | 2004 | 160 | 1.02 | 5754 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Luxembourg | |
| Trimobe | Rich ogre from Malagasy mythology | HD 153950
(Rapeto) |
2.73 | 499.4 | 1.28 | radial vel. | 2008 | 162 | 1.12 | 6076 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Madagascar | |
| Baiduri | "opal" in Malay | HD 20868
(Intan) |
1.99 | 380.85 | 0.947 | radial vel. | 2008 | 160 | 0.78 | 4795 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Malaysia | |
| Ġgantija | Megalithic temple complex on the Maltese island of Gozo | HAT-P-34
(Sansuna) |
3.328 | 1.107 | 5.452654 | 0.0677 | transit | 2012 | 838 | 1.36 | 6509 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Malta |
| Cuptor | Baking and drying chamber formerly used in Mauritius | WASP-72
(Diya) |
1.461 | 1.27 | 2.2167421 | 0.03708 | transit | 2013 | 1108 | 1.386 | 6250 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mauritius |
| Xólotl | "animal" in Nahuatl; god of fire and lightning in Aztec mythology | HD 224693
(Axólotl) |
0.71 | 26.73 | 0.233 | radial vel. | 2006 | 307 | 1.33 | 6037 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mexico | |
| Isli | Lake in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco | WASP-161
(Tislit) |
2.49 | 1.143 | 5.4060425 | 0.0673 | transit | 2018 | 1129.976 | 1.71 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Morocco | |
| Hairu | "unity" in the Makhuwa language | HD 7199
(Emiw) |
0.29 | 615.0 | 1.36 | radial vel. | 2011 | 117 | 0.89 | 5386 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mozambique | |
| Bagan | Bagan, ancient city in Myanmar | HD 18742
(Ayeyarwady) |
3.4 | 1.166 | 766.0 | 1.82 | radial vel. | 2011 | 440 | 1.36 | 4940 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Myanmar |
| Laligurans | "rhododendron" in the Nepali language | HD 100777
(Sagarmatha) |
1.16 | 383.7 | 1.03 | radial vel. | 2007 | 172 | 1.0 | 5582 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Nepal | |
| Nachtwacht | Nachtwacht, painted by Rembrandt | HAT-P-6
(Sterrennacht) |
1.057 | 1.33 | 3.853003 | 0.05235 | transit | 2007 | 650 | 1.29 | 6570 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Netherlands |
| Kererū | Māori name for the New Zealand pigeon | HD 137388
(Karaka) |
0.223 | 330.0 | 0.89 | radial vel. | 2011 | 124 | 0.86 | 5240 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
New Zealand | |
| Xolotlan | Second largest lake in Nicaragua | HD 4208
(Cocibolca) |
0.804 | 828.0 | 1.65 | radial vel. | 2001 | 111 | 0.87 | 5571 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Nicaragua | |
| Equiano | Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian writer and abolitionist | HD 43197
(Amadioha) |
0.6 | 327.8 | 0.92 | radial vel. | 2009 | 179 | 0.96 | 5508 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Nigeria | |
| Albmi | "sky" in the Northern Sami language | HD 68988
(Násti) |
1.86 | 6.2771 | 0.0704 | radial vel. | 2001 | 189 | 1.2 | 5767 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Norway | |
| Perwana | "moth" in Urdu | HD 99109
(Shama) |
2.09 | 1.386 | 1.212884 | 0.0232 | transit | 2010 | 1280 | 1.13 | 5924 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Pakistan |
| Jebus | Ancient name of Jerusalem | HAT-P-23
(Moriah) |
0.502 | 439.3 | 1.105 | radial vel. | 2006 | 197 | 0.93 | 5272 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Palestine | |
| Pollera | Traditional women's costume for the El Punto dance of Panama | WASP-79
(Montuno) |
0.9 | 1.7 | 3.6623817 | 0.0539 | transit | 2012 | 780 | 1.56 | 6600 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Panama |
| Tumearandu | Son of the original man and woman of the universe in Guaraní mythology | HD 108147
(Tupã) |
0.261 | 10.8985 | 0.102 | radial vel. | 2002 | 125.8 | 1.19 | 6067 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Paraguay | |
| Sumajmajta | Character from Way to the Sun by Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar | HD 156411
(Inquill) |
0.74 | 842.2 | 1.88 | radial vel. | 2009 | 180 | 1.25 | 5900 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Peru | |
| Haik | Successor to Aman Sinaya as god of the sea in Tagalog mythology | WASP-34
(Amansinaya) |
0.59 | 1.22 | 4.3176782 | 0.0524 | transit | 2010 | 390 | 1.01 | 5700 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Philippines |
| Leklsullun | "child/children" in the Pitkern language | HD 102117
(Uklun) |
0.172 | 20.67 | 0.1532 | radial vel. | 2004 | 140 | 1.03 | 5672 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Pitcairn Islands | |
| Pirx | Character from the books of Polish author Stanisław Lem | BD+14 4559
(Solaris) |
1.47 | 268.94 | 0.777 | radial vel. | 2009 | 160 | 0.86 | 5008 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Poland | |
| Viriato | Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion | HD 45652
(Lusitânia) |
0.47 | 43.6 | 0.23 | radial vel. | 2008 | 120 | 0.83 | 5312 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Portugal | |
| Aumatex | God of the wind in Taíno mythology | HIP 12961
(Koeia) |
0.35 | 57.435 | 0.13 | radial vel. | 2009 | 75 | 0.67 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Puerto Rico | ||
| Negoiu | Second highest peak in the Romanian Făgăraș mountain range | XO-1
(Moldoveanu) |
0.9 | 1.184 | 3.9415128 | 0.0488 | transit | 2006 | 536 | 1.0 | 5738 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Romania |
| Teberda | Teberda River in the Dombay region of Russia | HAT-P-3
(Dombay) |
0.591 | 0.827 | 2.899703 | 0.03866 | transit | 2007 | 420 | 0.917 | 5224 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Russia |
| Dopere | North Senegalese area containing the water source of Belel | HD 181342
(Belel) |
2.54 | 1.19 | 564.1 | 1.592 | radial vel. | 2010 | 360.7 | 1.69 | 4945 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Senegal |
| Vlasina | Vlasina River in southeastern Serbia | WASP-60
(Morava) |
0.5 | 0.9 | 4.3 | transit | 2011 | 1000 | 1.078 | 5900 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Serbia | |
| Viculus | "little village" in Latin | WASP-32
(Parumleo) |
3.6 | 1.18 | 2.71865 | 0.0394 | transit | 2010 | 795 | 1.1 | 6100 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Singapore |
| Kráľomoc | "Jupiter" in ancient Slovak | HAT-P-5
(Chasoň) |
1.06 | 1.252 | 2.788491 | 0.04079 | transit | 2007 | 1100 | 1.163 | 5960 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Slovakia |
| Iztok | Character from Pod svobodnim soncem by Slovene author Fran Saleški Finžgar | WASP-38
(Irena) |
2.712 | 1.079 | 6.871815 | 0.07551 | transit | 2010 | 360 | 1.216 | 6150 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Slovenia |
| Krotoa | !Uriǁ'aeǀona translator, community builder, and educator during the founding of Cape Colony | WASP-62
(Naledi) |
0.57 | 1.39 | 4.411953 | 0.0567 | transit | 2011 | 520 | 1.25 | 6230 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
South Africa |
| Halla | Highest mountain in South Korea | 8 UMi
(Baekdu) |
1.5 | 93.4 | 0.49 | radial vel. | 2015 | 518.91 | 1.8 | 4847.4 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
South Korea | |
| Riosar | Sar River in Spain, featured in the works of Galician poet Rosalía de Castro | HD 149143
(Rosalíadecastro) |
1.33 | 1.05 | 4.07206 | 0.052 | radial vel. | 2005 | 210 | 1.1 | 5730 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Spain |
| Samagiya | "togetherness/unity" in the Sinhalese language | HD 205739
(Sāmaya) |
1.37 | 279.8 | 0.896 | radial vel. | 2008 | 295 | 1.22 | 6176 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Sri Lanka | |
| Isagel | Character from Aniara by Swedish poet Harry Martinson | HD 102956
(Aniara) |
0.96 | 6.495 | 0.081 | radial vel. | 2010 | 411 | 1.68 | 5054 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Sweden | |
| Eiger | Prominent peak in the Bernese Alps | HD 130322
(Mönch) |
1.05 | 10.72 | 0.088 | radial vel. | 1999 | 98 | 0.79 | 5330 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Switzerland | |
| Ugarit | City where scribes devised the Ugaritic alphabet | HD 218566
(Ebla) |
0.21 | 225.7 | 0.6873 | radial vel. | 2010 | 97.65 | 0.85 | 4820 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Syria | |
| Sazum | Traditional name of Yuchi Township in Nantou County, Taiwan | HD 100655
(Formosa) |
1.7 | 157.57 | 0.76 | radial vel. | 2011 | 397.9 | 2.4 | 4861 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Taiwan | |
| Tanzanite | Tanzanite mineral | WASP-71
(Mpingo) |
2.258 | 1.5 | 2.9036747 | 0.04631 | transit | 2012 | 700 | 1.572 | 6050 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Tanzania |
| Maeping | Ping River in Thailand | WASP-50
(Chaophraya) |
1.437 | 1.138 | 1.9550959 | 0.02913 | transit | 2011 | 750 | 0.861 | 5400 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Thailand |
| Agouto | Highest mountain in Togo | WASP-64
(Atakoraka) |
1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | transit | 2011 | 1219.51 | 0.99 | 5550 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Togo | |
| Ramajay | "to sing and make music" in Trinidadian Creole | HD 96063
(Dingolay) |
0.9 | 361.1 | 0.99 | radial vel. | 2011 | 515 | 1.02 | 5148 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Khomsa | Palm shaped amulet popular in Tunisia | HD 192699
(Chechia) |
2.096 | 1.206 | 340.94 | 1.063 | radial vel. | 2007 | 220 | 1.38 | 5041 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Tunisia |
| Göktürk | Turkic peoples who established the First Turkic Khaganate | WASP-52
(Anadolu) |
0.46 | 1.27 | 1.7497798 | 0.0272 | transit | 2011 | 460 | 0.87 | 5000 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Turkey |
| Tryzub | Tryzub, the coat of arms of Ukraine | HAT-P-15
(Berehynia) |
1.946 | 1.072 | 10.863502 | 0.0964 | transit | 2010 | 620 | 1.013 | 5568 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ukraine |
| Barajeel | Wind tower used to re-direct wind flow as a form of air conditioning | HIP 79431
(Sharjah) |
2.1 | 111.7 | 0.36 | radial vel. | 2010 | 47.0 | 0.49 | 3191 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
United Arab Emirates | |
| Cruinlagh | "to orbit" in Manx Gaelic | WASP-13
(Gloas) |
0.485 | 1.365 | 4.353011 | 0.05379 | transit | 2008 | 509 | 1.03 | 5826 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
United Kingdom |
| Mulchatna | Mulchatna River in southwestern Alaska, United States | HD 17156
(Nushagak) |
3.195 | 1.095 | 21.2163979 | 0.1623 | transit | 2007 | 255.2 | 1.275 | 6079 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
United States |
| Ibirapitá | Tree native to Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil | HD 63454
(Ceibo) |
0.39 | 1.06 | 2.81747 | 0.036 | radial vel. | 2005 | 117 | 0.8 | 4841 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Uruguay |
| Madalitso | "blessings" in the Nyanja language | HD 85390
(Natasha) |
0.099 | 799.52 | 1.373 | radial vel. | 2009 | 110.8 | 0.76 | 5186 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Zambia | |
| Bambaruush[6] | "bear cub" in Mongolian | HAT-P-21
(Mazaalai)[6] |
4.87 | 1.11 | 4.12448 | 0.0494 | transit | 2010 | 911.6 | 1.24 | 5588 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mongolia |
| Tahay | Chilean wildflower | Gliese 367
(Añañuca) |
0.00172 | 0.0641 | 0.321962 | 0.0071 | transit | 2021 | 30.7 | 0.454 | 3522 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Chile |
| Awohali | "eagle" in Cherokee | Gliese 436
(Noquisi) |
0.070 | 0.372 | 2.64388312 | 0.0291 | radial vel. | 2004 | 31.9 | 0.47 | 3586 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
United States |
| Su | "fire" in Basque | Gliese 486
(Gar) |
0.00887 | 0.1164 | 1.467119 | 0.01734 | radial vel. | 2021 | 26.4 | 0.323 | 3340 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Spain |
| Enaiposha | term for a large body of water in Maa | GJ 1214
(Orkaria) |
0.0257 | 0.2446 | 1.58040433 | 0.01490 | transit | 2009 | 47.8 | 0.178 | 3250 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Kenya |
| Phailinsiam | "sapphire" in Thai | GJ 3470
(Kaewkosin) |
0.0437 | 0.408 | 3.3366496 | 0.0355 | radial vel. | 2012 | 95.9 | 0.539 | 3600 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Thailand |
| Puli | Hungarian dog breed | HAT-P-12
(Komondor) |
0.211 | 0.959 | 3.2130598 | 0.0384 | transit | 2009 | 463 | 0.733 | 4650 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Hungary |
| Guataubá | Taíno mythological figure | HAT-P-26
(Guahayona) |
0.07 | 0.63 | 4.234520 | 0.0479 | transit | 2010 | 466 | 1.12 | 5079 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Puerto Rico |
| Zembretta | Tunisian island | HATS-72
(Zembra) |
0.1254 | 0.7224 | 7.3279474 | 0.066517 | transit | 2020 | 413 | 0.7311 | 4656 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Tunisia |
| Levantes | Greek word for easterly Mediterranean winds | HD 95086
(Aiolos) |
5 | 55.7 | imaging | 2013 | 282 | 1.6 | 7595 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Greece | ||
| Najsakopajk | "Mother Earth" in the Zoque language | HIP 65426
(Matza) |
9.0 | 1.5 | 92 | imaging | 2017 | 351 | 1.96 | 8840 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Mexico | |
| Qingluan | Chinese mythical bird | L 168-9
(Danfeng) |
0.0145 | 0.124 | 1.40150 | 0.02091 | transit | 2020 | 82.1 | 0.62 | 3800 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
China |
| Kua'kua | "butterfly" in the Bribri language | LHS 3844
(Batsũ̀) |
0.1162 | 0.46292913 | 0.00622 | transit | 2018 | 48.5 | 0.151 | 3036 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Costa Rica | |
| Cuancoá | name for the morning star in the U'wa language | LTT 9779
(Uúba) |
0.09225 | 0.421 | 0.7920520 | 0.01679 | transit | 2020 | 264.3 | 0.770 | 5443 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Colombia |
| Banksia | genus of plants | WASP-19
(Wattle) |
1.154 | 1.415 | 0.78883852 | 0.01652 | transit | 2009 | 869 | 0.965 | 5616 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Australia |
| Astrolábos | astrolabe | WASP-43
(Gnomon) |
1.78 | 0.93 | 0.813475 | 0.0142 | transit | 2011 | 284.3 | 0.58 | 4400 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Romania |
| Regoč | character from Croatian Tales of Long Ago | WASP-63
(Kosjenka) |
0.37 | 1.41 | 4.378080 | 0.0574 | transit | 2012 | 942 | 1.28 | 5550 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Croatia |
| Makombé | river in Cameroon | WASP-69
(Wouri) |
0.29 | 1.11 | 3.868140 | 0.04525 | transit | 2013 | 164 | 0.980 | 4700 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Cameroon |
| Tylos | ancient Greek name for Bahrain | WASP-121
(Dilmun) |
1.157 | 1.753 | 1.27492504 | 0.02596 | transit | 2015 | 858 | 1.358 | 6776 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Bahrain |
| Catalineta | character from Mallorcan folktale | WASP-166
(Filetdor) |
0.101 | 0.63 | 5.443540 | 0.0641 | transit | 2018 | 373 | 1.19 | 6050 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Spain |
| Ahra | "ocean" in Korean | WD 0806−661
(Maru) |
8 | 2500 | imaging | 2011 | 62.7 | 0.62 | 9552 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
South Korea |
See also
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References
[edit]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 29 September 2022. 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...
- ^ a b c http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "2022 Approved Names". nameexoworlds.iau.org. IAU. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
