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Proper names of planetary systems often follow common themes – for example, the planets of the star Copernicus are named after European astronomers. 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.
Makemake. Makemake[ e] ( minor-planet designation: 136472 Makemake) is a dwarf planet and the largest of what is known as the classical population of Kuiper belt objects, [ b] with a diameter approximately that of Saturn's moon Iapetus, or 60% that of Pluto. [ 24][ 25] It has one known satellite. [ 26]
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 10 October 2019 (M.P.C. 117077). [14] In June 2020, it was formally named Leleākūhonua 'it flies until land appears'. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The name was suggested by students in the Hawaiian-language program A Hua He Inoa .
Astronomical naming conventions. In ancient times, only the Sun and Moon, a few stars, and the most easily visible planets had names. Over the last few hundred years, the number of identified astronomical objects has risen from hundreds to over a billion, and more are discovered every year. Astronomers need to be able to assign systematic ...
As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.
Schematic diagram of the orbits in a binary star system. One planet is in a P-type, or circumbinary, orbit around both stars. Another planet is in an S-type, or circumstellar, orbit around only one of the two stars. Circumbinary planets are sometimes nicknamed "Tatooine worlds" after the Star Wars planet. [17]
Naming of planets. Naming of planets may refer to: Astronomical naming conventions § Planets, for the planets of the Solar System. Planetary nomenclature, for features on those planets. Exoplanet naming convention, for planets outside the Solar System. Minor-planet designation, for initial designations of dwarf planets, asteroids etc.
Kepler-452b (sometimes quoted to be an Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin [3] [4] based on its characteristics; also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-7016.01) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the inner edge of the habitable zone of the sun-like star Kepler-452 and is the only planet in the system discovered by the Kepler space telescope.