{"id":26028,"date":"2019-06-24T15:31:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/?page_id=26028"},"modified":"2022-12-07T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T06:55:43","slug":"name-exoworlds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/activities\/name-exoworlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Name ExoWorlds 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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20 Stars, 20 Worlds... waiting for you to name them!<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>
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Name an exoplanet and its parent star : an opportunity for everyone
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Astronomers have discovered more than 5000 planets orbiting other stars in the last few years, and these planets need to be named! The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is mainly responsible for the naming of astronomical bodies. In their centenary year, the IAU has announced a campaign where everyone will get a chance to suggest a name for a particular exo-planet and its parent star, hence the name of the campaign - NameExoWorlds.<\/p>\n

The NameExoworlds India, 2019<\/a> campaign was successful in assigning two Indian names in the Sky. The NameExoWorlds 2022<\/a> edition will be a bit different, but will allow the IAU to bring together the public, amateur astronomers and exoplanetary scientists and together to name a new set of available exoworlds. Anyone, including students and teachers, astronomy enthusiasts, amateur astronomers and exoplanetary scientists, may form a team and propose names for 20 exoplanetary systems, each of which consists of one known exoplanet and its host star. The systems to be named by NameExoWorlds 2022 are of special interest, as they are among the first exoplanet targets of the James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> (JWST).<\/p>\n


\nNameExoWorlds 2022 is a collaboration between the Executive Committee Working Group on Exoplanetary Systems Nomenclature and the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach. The National Vetting Process will be facilitated by the National Outreach Coordinator (NOC) India, other national IAU representatives and representatives from the national astronomy community.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Salient Points of the Contest<\/h3>\n