Disappointed that Ilus wasn't chosen. Was it the slugs?
No, Illyrian, Naqaỹa, Mastika, Automex aren't Hollywood's hottest baby names – they're new monikers for exoplanets
On Tuesday the International Astronomical Union announced the names of 112 exoplanets and their parent stars, with names selected from 112 different countries here on Earth. Officials selected the names from 360,000 submissions from space enthusiasts as part of its IAU100 NameExoWorlds campaign to celebrate the IAU’s 100th …
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Wednesday 18th December 2019 18:16 GMT Chris G
Think of the authors
The authors of a century or more of sci-fi have come up with hundreds or thousands of names for planets, their work in many ways has inspired us to look outwards to see what we can discover. I would have thought it would be a nice nod to their contributions to name some planets from what must be a long list of planet names.
Maybe I should do a Kickstarter to fund my reading of the whole of science fiction in order to catalogue all of the planetary names.