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A Global Competition Will Allow Anyone to Name a Newly Discovered Planet
s part of its 100th anniversary commemorations, the Paris-based International Astronomical Union is organizing the IAU100 NameExoWorlds, a global competition that allows any country in the world to name to a selected exoplanet and its host star. More than 70 countries have already signed up to organize national campaigns that will provide the public with an opportunity to vote on a name for an exoplanet — defined as any planet outside our own solar system.
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