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31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - four - 12-17-2015
http://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/
If there are any Orion's Arm articles on these planets, the IAU's new names should probably be mentioned.
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - ATMLVE - 12-17-2015
I remember seeing this a while back. I voted... I feel that, if we are to one day become a space-fareing civilization, this is actually an extremely historical moment as no planet outside of our solar system has an actual name... Its either a designation like HP 237828 or just a letter after its stars name. Pretty neat...
But dear God THEY RENAMED EPSILON ERIDANI AAAAAAAAUUUGGGHHHH WHYYYYYY
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-17-2015
Good. About time.
Copernicus, Cervantes, Dagon, Ran, Chalawan, Tadmor, a few others; all these have articles in OA, and we can rename them in due course.
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-18-2015
Anomie has now been edited to reflect the name change;
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/48f9ecc17d772
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-18-2015
Ran (Epsilon Eridani) has been updated to reflect the new name change. I'll update the Eridanus League and other links in due course.
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4795465645a82
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-18-2015
Danzig and Copernicus now updated
(previously Danzig and 55 Cancri)
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/486ebb201f514
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/45e24d79c0d8b
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-18-2015
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/45e77b7ad49fc Chalawan (Akirate) updated; the Akirate Stevens can keep their old name, though. Why not?
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/4bb9e51204f88 Negsoa (Mu Arae) updated.
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-18-2015
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45cbd30e46c61 Dagon
and
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/48fa6d92aedba Dimidium (formerly Bellerophon; note that this name had been in fairly common use)
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - stevebowers - 12-18-2015
The Master Star list has now been updated,
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49fc193234b06
and the Eridanus League
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/487bb1fc69461
RE: 31 exoplanets have been officially named by the IAU - four - 12-19-2015
It should be pointed out that the newly-named star system, Titawin (Upsilon Andromedae A), is the subject of an article which is currently being written (the Santuario system http://www.orionsarm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1585)
Due to the circumstances of this system's colonisation, it is likely that the Chilean colonists renamed the system, abandoning the old IAU names in favor of Spanish names. Nonetheless, this article should probably be tweaked to mention the original IAU names.