Astronomers Sour About Extrasolar Planet Naming Contest

(Mostly) Thumbs Down on ExoNames, ManyWorlds "One of the co-discoverers of HD 149026 b is Debra Fischer, now a professor of astronomy at Yale University. Asked her view of the 31 new exoplanet names she replied: "It would take a...

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