Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Higher Education, Informal Education
Subject
Space Science, Solar System and Planets, Astronomy
Type
Play and Learn, Websites
Exoplanet names can look long and complicated at first, especially in comparison to names like Venus and Mars. But, they have a logic behind them that is important to scientists cataloging thousands of planets. Learn how planets like HD 189733 b get their names, and use a fun template to find your exoplanet name. All you need are the initials of a person important to you, a meaningful date (don’t share birthdays online) and the order in which you were born.
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/faq/20/how-do-exoplanets-get-their-names/