ExtraSolarWorlds, when to start giving exoplanet Names ??
It's great that we've found so many extra solar worlds out in space, using different methods and perhaps we will soon find more from Hubble & Spitzer, and future missions like Corot, Kepler, NASA's Terrestrial Planet finder.
A lot of those planets discovered in other Solar systems have wonderful names like, hd179949 , hr1084 , OGLE-TR-132 b, 2M1207b, GJ876c, hd168443b, and PSR B1620-26.
I have perhaps seen attempts on giving these world's more regular names like the Tau-Bootes system, Goldilocks-planet or Upsilon Andromedae b
But what kind of names could be given the rest ?
Should we name them after people
Buzz Aldrin's Planet, the DaVinci world, galileo's planet, Yuri Gagarin's world ?
Use Roman or Greek name, or Gods and mythical names like Triton, Rhea....
Or could we use Sci-fi names from Arthur C Clark books, Star Wars films and TV shows ? There are many names in sci-fi fantasty :
Krypton, Persephone, Mongo, Arrakis, Tatooine, Klandathu, Asgard, Caprica, Vulcan-world, Thalassa, Z'ha'dum, Minbar, Zenn-La, Skrull-World, Giedi Prime, Metaluna, Drak, Solaris, Sebecean, Romulus....
if we are to give the planets names, then what kind of names should they be given ?
Maybe we should just leave the naming to the team that discovers them and wait for future missions so we can get a clearer picture of these worlds ?
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