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Originally posted to the Astro Pro channel on October 27th 2022.
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The third ever contest for naming exoplanets has begun! But this time the stakes are even higher as the James Webb Space Telescope will be taking a closer look at each of these candidates. Help me as I figure my way through these planets to find the most notable one, and come up with a name worthy of it!
Check out the contest here: nameexoworlds.iau.org
Sources / Further Reading:
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/8049/gj-367-b
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay3253
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/GJ%20486
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7840/gj-486-b
arxiv.org/abs/2103.04950
arxiv.org/abs/1908.06834
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7586/l-168-9-b
businessinsider.com/water-space-volume-planets-moons-2016-10
sciencealert.com/earth-water-solar-system-comparison-moons-have-oceans-ice
written-in-stone-seen-through-my-lens.blogspot.com/2012/05/eurypterus-remipes-official-fossil-of.html
Originally posted to the Astro Pro channel on October 27th 2022.
Buy the map here: store.nebula.tv/products/atlas-pro-mars-surface-art-print
The third ever contest for naming exoplanets has begun! But this time the stakes are even higher as the James Webb Space Telescope will be taking a closer look at each of these candidates. Help me as I figure my way through these planets to find the most notable one, and come up with a name worthy of it!
Check out the contest here: nameexoworlds.iau.org
Sources / Further Reading:
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/8049/gj-367-b
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aay3253
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/GJ%20486
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7840/gj-486-b
arxiv.org/abs/2103.04950
arxiv.org/abs/1908.06834
exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7586/l-168-9-b
businessinsider.com/water-space-volume-planets-moons-2016-10
sciencealert.com/earth-water-solar-system-comparison-moons-have-oceans-ice
written-in-stone-seen-through-my-lens.blogspot.com/2012/05/eurypterus-remipes-official-fossil-of.html
