The Name Game Astronomy

The votes are in: Exoplanets get new names

Catchy titles given to 14 stars and 31 exoplanets

mu ares exoplanets

TILTING AT WINDMILLS  The planets of the Mu Arae system, illustrated, are now named for Cervantes characters, beating out those of science fiction writer Robert Heinlein.

European Southern Observatory

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

Step aside Venus and Neptune, our solar system is no longer the only one whose planets have catchy names.