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Proper names for planets outside of the Solar System – known as exoplanets – are chosen by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through public naming contests known as NameExoWorlds.
Proper names for planets outside of the Solar System – known as exoplanets – are chosen by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through public naming contests known as NameExoWorlds.
The IAU's names for exoplanets – and on most occasions their host stars – are chosen by the Executive Committee Working Group (ECWG) on Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites, a group working parallel with the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN).[1] Proper names of stars chosen by the ECWG are explicitly recognised by the WGSN.[1] The ECWG's rules for naming exoplanets are identical to those adopted by the Minor Planet Center for minor planets.[2] Names are a single word consisting of sixteen characters or less, pronounceable in some language, non-offensive, and not identical to existing proper names of astronomical objects.[3] Copyrighted names, names of living individuals, and names with political or religious themes are blacklisted by the ECWG.[4] In addition, the discoverer of a planet reserves the right to reject a proposed name for it.[5]
| Name of Planet | Eponym | Name of Star | Mass (MJ) | Radius (RJ) | Period (days) | Semi-Major Axis (AU) | Discovery Method | Disc. Year | Distance (ly) | Host Star Mass (M☉) | Host Star Temp. (K) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spe | "Hope" (Latin) | 14 Andromedae
(Veritate) |
4.8 | 185.84 | 0.83 | radial vel. | 2008 | 249.2 | 2.2 | 4813 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Arion | Ancient Greek poet | 18 Delphini
(Musica) |
10.3 | 993.3 | 2.6 | radial vel. | 2008 | 238 | 2.3 | 4979 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Arkas | Son of Zeus and Callisto in Greek myth | 41 Lyncis
(Intercrus) |
2.7 | 184.02 | 0.81 | radial vel. | 2007 | 287.9 | 2.1 | 4753 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Orbitar | Neologism | 42 Draconis
(Fafnir) |
3.88 | 479.1 | 1.19 | radial vel. | 2008 | 317.3 | 0.98 | 4200 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Taphao Thong | Thai folktale character | 47 Ursae Majoris
(Chalawan) |
2.53 | 1078 | 2.1 | radial vel. | 1996 | 45.9 | 1.03 | 5892 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Taphao Kaew | 0.54 | 2391 | 3.6 | radial vel. | 2001 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Dimidium | "Half" (Latin) | 51 Pegasi
(Helvetios) |
0.472 | 4.230785 | 0.0527 | radial vel. | 1995 | 50.1 | 1.12 | 5793 | First exoplanet discovered orbiting a main-sequence star
2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Galileo | Italian astronomer | 55 Cancri A
(Copernicus) |
0.8306 | 14.65152 | 0.115227 | radial vel. | 1996 | 40.9 | 0.91 | 5196 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Brahe | Danish astronomer | 0.1714 | 44.4175 | 0.241376 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Lipperhey | Dutch lensmaker | 3.878 | 4825 | 5.503 | radial vel. | 2002 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Janssen | Dutch astronomer | 0.02542 | 0.17 | 0.736539 | 0.01544 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||
| Harriot | English astronomer | 0.141 | 262 | 0.788 | radial vel. | 2007 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Ægir | God of the sea in Norse mythology | Epsilon Eridani
(Ran) |
1.55 | 2502 | 3.39 | radial vel. | 2000 | 10.5 | 0.83 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||
| Amateru | Amaterasu, Japanese sun goddess | Epsilon Tauri
(Ain) |
7.6 | 594.9 | 1.93 | radial vel. | 2006 | 155.0 | 2.7 | 4901 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Dagon | Fertility god of Levantine mythology | Fomalhaut A | 555530 | 160 | imaging | 2008 | 25.1 | 2 | First extrasolar planet discovered by indirect imaging (visible light)
Found in 2020 to be a debris cloud from a collision of asteroids rather than a planet | |||
| Tadmor | Ancient Palmyrene and modern Arabic name for Palmyra | Gamma Cephei A
(Errai) |
1.85 | 903.3 | 2.05 | radial vel. | 2003 | 45.0 | 1.4 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||
| Meztli | Aztec god of the night and moon | HD 104985
(Tonatiuh) |
6.33 | 199.505 | 0.95 | radial vel. | 2003 | 332.8 | 1.6 | 4786 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Smertrios | Gallic deity, sometimes equated with Roman Mars | HD 149026
(Ogma) |
0.368 | 0.813 | 2.8758911 | radial vel. | 2005 | 257.2 | 1.34 | 6160 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Hypatia | Female Greek astronomer and philosopher | Iota Draconis (Edasich) | 8.82 | 511.098 | 1.275 | radial vel. | 2002 | 102.2 | 1.05 | 4530 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Quijote | Characters from Don Quixote | Mu Arae
(Cervantes) |
1.676 | 643.25 | 1.497 | radial vel. | 2000 | 49.8 | 1.08 | 5807 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Dulcinea | 0.03321 | 4205.8 | 5.235 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Rocinante | 0.5219 | 9.6386 | 0.09094 | radial vel. | 2004 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Sancho | 1.814 | 310.55 | 0.921 | radial vel. | 2006 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||||||
| Thestias | Greek myth | Pollux | 2.3 | 589.64 | 1.64 | radial vel. | 2006 | 33.7 | 2.1 | 4946 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Saffar | Muslim astronomer | Upsilon Andromedae
(Titawin) |
0.6876 | 4.617033 | 0.059222 | radial vel. | 1996 | 43.9 | 1.3 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | ||
| Samh | Muslim astronomer | 1.981 | 241.258 | 0.827774 | radial vel. | 1999 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Majriti | Muslim astronomer | 10.25 | 1276.46 | 2.51329 | radial vel. | 1999 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Fortitudo | "Fortitude" (Latin) | Xi Aquilae
(Libertas) |
2.8 | 136.75 | 0.68 | radial vel. | 2007 | 204.4 | 2.2 | 4780 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Draugr | Norse myth | PSR B1257+12
(Lich) |
6.29×10−5 | 25.262 | 0.19 | timing | 1994 | 2300 | 1.4 | 28,856 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |
| Poltergeist | "noisy ghost" (in German) | 0.0135 | 66.5419 | 0.36 | timing | 1992 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Phobetor | Greek myth | 0.0123 | 98.2114 | 0.46 | timing | 1992 | 2015 NameExoWorlds | |||||
| Arber | Name for inhabitants of Albania during the Middle Ages | HD 82886
(Illyrian) |
1.3 | 705 | 1.65 | radial vel. | 2011 | 407.7 | 2.53 | 4953 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Albania | |
| Tassili | Tassili n'Ajjer UNESCO World Heritage Site | HD 28678
(Hoggar) |
1.7 | 387.1 | 1.24 | radial vel. | 2011 | 622.7 | 1.74 | 5076 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Algeria | |
| Madriu | Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site | HD 131496
(Arcalís) |
2.2 | 883 | 2.09 | radial vel. | 2011 | 358.8 | 1.61 | 4927 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Andorra | |
| Naqaỹa | "brother-family-relative" in the Mocoví language | HD 48265
(Nosaxa) |
1.16 | 700 | 1.51 | radial vel. | 2008 | 285 | 0.93 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Argentina | ||
| Bocaprins | Boca Prins beach in Arikok National Park | WASP-39
(Malmok) |
0.28 | 1.27 | 4.055259 | 0.0486 | transit | 2011 | 750.2 | 0.93 | 5400 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Aruba |
| Yanyan | "boy" in the Boon wurrung language | HD 38283
(Bubup) |
0.34 | 363.2 | 1.02 | radial vel. | 2011 | 123 | 1.085 | 5945 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Australia | |
| Sissi | Character from the 1955 Austrian film "Sissi" | HAT-P-14
(Franz) |
1.150 | 1.2 | 4.627657 | 0.0594 | transit | 2010 | 668.6 | 1.386 | 6600 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Austria |
| Ganja | Ancient capital of Azerbaijan | HD 152581
(Mahsati) |
1.5 | 689 | 1.48 | radial vel. | 2011 | 606.7 | 0.927 | 5155 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Azerbaijan | |
| Tondra | "nap" in Bengali | HD 148427
(Timir) |
0.96 | 331.5 | 0.93 | radial vel. | 2009 | 193 | 1.45 | 5052 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bangladesh | |
| Eburonia | The Eburones people, a prominent Celtic tribe | HD 49674
(Nervia) |
0.1 | 0.98 | 4.94739 | 0.058 | radial vel. | 2002 | 133 | 1.07 | 5482 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Belgium |
| Drukyul | Native name of Bhutan | HD 73534
(Gakyid) |
1.15 | 1800 | 3.15 | radial vel. | 2009 | 316.3 | 1.29 | 4952 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bhutan | |
| Yvaga | "paradise" in the Guarani language | HD 63765
(Tapecue) |
0.64 | 358 | 0.949 | radial vel. | 2009 | 106 | 0.865 | 5432 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bolivia | |
| Naron | Ancient Celtic name for the Neretva river in the Balkans | HD 206610
(Bosona) |
2.2 | 610 | 1.68 | radial vel. | 2010 | 632.7 | 1.56 | 4874 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Guarani | Guaraní people of southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina | HD 23079
(Tupi) |
2.45 | 730.6 | 1.596 | radial vel. | 2001 | 114 | 1.1 | 5848 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Brazil | |
| Mastika | "gem/jewel" in Malay | HD 179949
(Gumala) |
0.92 | 1.05 | 3.0925 | 0.045 | radial vel. | 2000 | 88.1 | 1.28 | 6260 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Brunei |
| Bendida | Bendis, a Thracian goddess | WASP-21
(Tangra) |
0.3 | 1.21 | 4.3225126 | 0.052 | transit | 2010 | 750.2 | 1.01 | 5800 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Bulgaria |
| Nakanbé | Nakanbé river in Burkina Faso and Ghana | HD 30856 A
(Mouhoun) |
1.8 | 912 | 2.0 | radial vel. | 2011 | 385.2 | 1.35 | 4982 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Burkina Faso | |
| Awasis | "child" in the Cree language of Canada | HD 136418
(Nikawiy) |
2.0 | 464.3 | 1.32 | radial vel. | 2010 | 320 | 1.33 | 5071 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Canada | |
| Caleuche | Ghost ship from the Chilote mythology of Southern Chile | HD 164604
(Pincoya) |
1.998 | 641.47 | 1.331 | radial vel. | 2010 | 129 | 0.77 | 4684 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Chile | |
| Wangshu | Chinese goddess of the Moon | HD 173416
(Xihe) |
2.7 | 323.6 | 1.16 | radial vel. | 2009 | 440.3 | 2.0 | 4683 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
China | |
| Melquíades | Character from the novel Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez | HD 93083
(Macondo) |
0.37 | 143.58 | 0.477 | radial vel. | 2005 | 94.3 | 0.7 | 4995 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Colombia | |
| Pipitea | Small pearls found in Penrhyn lagoon | HD 221287
(Poerava) |
3.09 | 456.1 | 1.25 | radial vel. | 2007 | 173 | 1.25 | 6304 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Cook Islands | |
| Ditsö̀ | Name given to the first Bribri people by the god Sibö̀ in Talamancan mythology | WASP-17
(Diwö) |
0.486 | 1.991 | 3.735438 | 0.0515 | transit | 2009 | 1338.57 | 1.2 | 6650 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Costa Rica |
| Asye | Earth goddess from Akan mythology | WASP-15
(Nyamien) |
0.542 | 1.428 | 3.7520656 | 0.0499 | transit | 2008 | 1005 | 1.18 | 6300 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Côte d'Ivoire |
| Veles | Veles, Slavic deity of earth, waters, and the underworld | HD 75898
(Stribor) |
2.51 | 418.2 | 1.19 | radial vel. | 2007 | 262.8 | 1.28 | 6021 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Croatia | |
| Finlay | Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist | BD−17 63
(Felixvarela) |
5.1 | 655.6 | 1.34 | radial vel. | 2008 | 113 | 0.74 | 4714 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Cuba | |
| Onasilos | Oldest recorded doctor in Cyprus | HD 168746
(Alasia) |
0.23 | 6.403 | 0.065 | radial vel. | 2002 | 140.6 | 0.88 | 5610 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Cyprus | |
| Makropulos | Věc Makropulos by Czech playwright Karel Čapek | XO-5
(Absolutno) |
1.077 | 1.03 | 4.1877537 | 0.0487 | transit | 2008 | 831.7 | 0.88 | 5510 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Czechia |
| Surt | Ruler of Muspelheim from Norse mythology | HAT-P-29
(Muspelheim) |
0.778 | 1.107 | 5.723186 | 0.0667 | transit | 2011 | 1050 | 1.207 | 6087 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Denmark |
| Boinayel | Boinayel, god of rain from Taíno mythology | WASP-6
(Márohu) |
0.503 | 1.224 | 3.361006 | 0.0421 | transit | 2008 | 1001 | 0.888 | 5450 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Dominican Republic |
| Eyeke | "near" in the Waorani language | HD 6434
(Nenque) |
0.39 | 21.998 | 0.14 | radial vel. | 2000 | 131.5 | 0.79 | 5835 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ecuador | |
| Cayahuanca | "rock looking at the stars" in Nahuatl | HD 52265
(Citalá) |
1.21 | 119.27 | 0.52 | radial vel. | 2000 | 91 | 1.2 | 6159 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
El Salvador | |
| Hämarik | "twilight" in Estonian | XO-4
(Koit) |
1.616 | 1.317 | 4.12473 | 0.05485 | transit | 2008 | 955.6 | 1.32 | 5700 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Estonia |
| Abol | First of three rounds in Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony | HD 16175
(Buna) |
4.8 | 996.4 | 2.2 | radial vel. | 2009 | 196 | 1.34 | 6048 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ethiopia | |
| Hiisi | Sacred localities and evil spirits from Finnic mythology | HAT-P-38
(Horna) |
0.267 | 0.825 | 4.640382 | 0.0523 | transit | 2012 | 812.1 | 0.886 | 5330 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Finland |
| Bélisama | Belisama, Gaulish goddess likened to the Roman Minerva. | HD 8574
(Bélénos) |
2.11 | 227.55 | 0.77 | radial vel. | 2003 | 144 | 1.17 | 6080 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
France | |
| Mintome | Fang word for a mythical land where a brotherhood of brave men live | HD 208487
(Itonda) |
0.413 | 129.8 | 0.51 | radial vel. | 2004 | 147 | 1.3 | 5929 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Gabon | |
| Neri | Neri River in southern Ethiopia | HD 32518
(Mago) |
3.04 | 157.54 | 0.59 | radial vel. | 2009 | 382.9 | 1.13 | 4580 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Germany | |
| Toge | "earring" in the Ewe language | HD 181720
(Sika) |
>12.12 | 956.0 | 1.78 | radial vel. | 2009 | 183 | 0.92 | 5781 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ghana | |
| Iolaus | Nephew of Heracles from Greek mythology | HAT-P-42
(Lerna) |
0.975 | 1.277 | 4.641876 | 0.0575 | transit | 2012 | 1458 | 1.179 | 5743 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Greece |
| Koyopa' | "lightning" in the Kʼicheʼ language | WASP-22
(Tojil) |
0.617 | 1.199 | 3.5327313 | 0.04698 | transit | 2010 | 978.5 | 1.1 | 6000 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Guatemala |
| Indépendance | Haitian Declaration of Independence | HD 1502
(Citadelle) |
2.75 | 1.183 | 428.5 | 1.262 | radial vel. | 2011 | 518.6 | 1.46 | 4947 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Haiti |
| Ixbalanqué | One of twin gods who became the Moon in K'iche' mythology | HD 98219
(Hunaphú) |
1.8 | 436.9 | 1.23 | radial vel. | 2011 | 437.0 | 1.3 | 4992 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Honduras | |
| Victoriapeak | Victoria Peak, a hill on Hong Kong Island | HD 212771
(Lionrock) |
2.3 | 373.3 | 1.22 | radial vel. | 2010 | 427.3 | 1.15 | 5121 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Hong Kong | |
| Magor | Ancestor of the Magyars in Hungarian mythology | HAT-P-2
(Hunor) |
8.74 | 0.951 | 5.6334729 | 0.0674 | transit | 2007 | 384.9 | 1.34 | 6414 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Hungary |
| Fold | "earth/soil" in Old Icelandic | HD 109246
(Funi) |
0.77 | 68.27 | 0.33 | radial vel. | 2010 | 214 | 1.01 | 5844 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Iceland | |
| Santamasa | "clouded" in Sanskrit | HD 86081 A
(Bibhā) |
1.5 | 1.08 | 1.99809 | 0.039 | radial vel. | 2006 | 297 | 1.21 | 6028 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
India |
| Noifasui | "revolve around" in the Nias language | HD 117618
(Dofida) |
0.174 | 25.8 | 0.18 | radial vel. | 2004 | 124 | 1.05 | 5861 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Indonesia | |
| Kavian | "relating to Kaveh" from the epic poem Shahnameh by Persian poet Ferdowsi | HD 175541
(Kaveh) |
0.61 | 297.3 | 1.03 | radial vel. | 2007 | 417.5 | 1.65 | 5060 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Iran | |
| Babylonia | Kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia | HD 231701
(Uruk) |
1.08 | 141.89 | 0.53 | radial vel. | 2007 | 353.6 | 1.14 | 6208 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Iraq | |
| Bran | Canine son of Tuiren and cousin of hero Fionn mac Cumhaill from Irish mythology | HAT-P-36
(Tuiren) |
1.832 | 1.264 | 1.327347 | 0.0238 | transit | 2012 | 1034 | 1.022 | 5580 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ireland |
| Alef | First letter of the Hebrew alphabet | HAT-P-9
(Tevel) |
0.67 | 1.4 | 3.922814 | 0.053 | transit | 2008 | 1566 | 1.28 | 6350 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Israel |
| Lete | Italian spelling of Lethe, the underworld river of fog from Greek mythology | HD 102195
(Flegetonte) |
0.46 | 4.113775 | 0.049 | radial vel. | 2005 | 94.52 | 0.926 | 5291 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Italy | |
| Chura | "natural beauty" in the Ryukyuan and Okinawan languages | HD 145457
(Kamuy)[6] |
2.9 | 176.3 | 0.76 | radial vel. | 2010 | 411.0 | 1.9 | 4757 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Japan | |
| Wadirum | Wadi Rum, largest valley in Jordan | WASP-80
(Petra) |
0.554 | 0.952 | 3.0678504 | 0.0346 | transit | 2013 | 196 | 0.58 | 4145 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Jordan |
| Buru | "dust" in the Dholuo language | HD 83443
(Kalausi) |
0.4 | 1.04 | 2.98572 | 0.0406 | radial vel. | 2002 | 142.0 | 0.9 | 5460 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Kenya |
| Staburags | Rock with symbolic meaning from Latvian poem Staburags un Liesma | HD 118203
(Liesma) |
2.173 | 1.133 | 6.13498 | 0.07082 | radial vel. | 2005 | 289 | 1.23 | 5600 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Latvia |
| Beirut | Capital and largest city in Lebanon | HD 192263
(Phoenicia) |
0.733 | 24.3587 | 0.15312 | radial vel. | 1999 | 64.9 | 0.81 | 4965 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Lebanon | |
| Umbäässa | "small ant" in the Triesenberg dialect of southern Liechtenstein | TrES-3
(Pipoltr) |
1.91 | 1.305 | 1.30618608 | 0.0226 | transit | 2007 | 1219.51 | 0.924 | 5720 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Liechtenstein |
| Vytis | Vytis, the coat of arms of Lithuania | HAT-P-40
(Taika) |
0.615 | 1.73 | 4.457243 | 0.0608 | transit | 2012 | 1634 | 1.512 | 6080 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Lithuania |
| Peitruss | Pétrusse river in Luxembourg | HD 45350
(Lucilinburhuc) |
1.79 | 890.76 | 1.92 | radial vel. | 2004 | 160 | 1.02 | 5754 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Luxembourg | |
| Trimobe | Rich ogre from Malagasy mythology | HD 153950
(Rapeto) |
2.73 | 499.4 | 1.28 | radial vel. | 2008 | 162 | 1.12 | 6076 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Madagascar | |
| Baiduri | "opal" in Malay | HD 20868
(Intan) |
1.99 | 380.85 | 0.947 | radial vel. | 2008 | 160 | 0.78 | 4795 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Malaysia | |
| Ġgantija | Megalithic temple complex on the Maltese island of Gozo | HAT-P-34
(Sansuna) |
3.328 | 1.107 | 5.452654 | 0.0677 | transit | 2012 | 838 | 1.36 | 6509 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Malta |
| Cuptor | Baking and drying chamber formerly used in Mauritius | WASP-72
(Diya) |
1.461 | 1.27 | 2.2167421 | 0.03708 | transit | 2013 | 1108 | 1.386 | 6250 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mauritius |
| Xólotl | "animal" in Nahuatl; god of fire and lightning in Aztec mythology | HD 224693
(Axólotl) |
0.71 | 26.73 | 0.233 | radial vel. | 2006 | 307 | 1.33 | 6037 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mexico | |
| Isli | Lake in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco | WASP-161
(Tislit) |
2.49 | 1.143 | 5.4060425 | 0.0673 | transit | 2018 | 1129.976 | 1.71 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Morocco | |
| Hairu | "unity" in the Makhuwa language | HD 7199
(Emiw) |
0.29 | 615.0 | 1.36 | radial vel. | 2011 | 117 | 0.89 | 5386 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mozambique | |
| Bagan | Bagan, ancient city in Myanmar | HD 18742
(Ayeyarwady) |
3.4 | 1.166 | 766.0 | 1.82 | radial vel. | 2011 | 440 | 1.36 | 4940 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Myanmar |
| Laligurans | "rhododendron" in the Nepali language | HD 100777
(Sagarmatha) |
1.16 | 383.7 | 1.03 | radial vel. | 2007 | 172 | 1.0 | 5582 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Nepal | |
| Nachtwacht | Nachtwacht, painted by Rembrandt | HAT-P-6
(Sterrennacht) |
1.057 | 1.33 | 3.853003 | 0.05235 | transit | 2007 | 650 | 1.29 | 6570 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Netherlands |
| Kererū | Māori name for the New Zealand pigeon | HD 137388
(Karaka) |
0.223 | 330.0 | 0.89 | radial vel. | 2011 | 124 | 0.86 | 5240 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
New Zealand | |
| Xolotlan | Second largest lake in Nicaragua | HD 4208
(Cocibolca) |
0.804 | 828.0 | 1.65 | radial vel. | 2001 | 111 | 0.87 | 5571 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Nicaragua | |
| Equiano | Olaudah Equiano, Nigerian writer and abolitionist | HD 43197
(Amadioha) |
0.6 | 327.8 | 0.92 | radial vel. | 2009 | 179 | 0.96 | 5508 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Nigeria | |
| Albmi | "sky" in the Northern Sami language | HD 68988
(Násti) |
1.86 | 6.2771 | 0.0704 | radial vel. | 2001 | 189 | 1.2 | 5767 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Norway | |
| Perwana | "moth" in Urdu | HD 99109
(Shama) |
2.09 | 1.386 | 1.212884 | 0.0232 | transit | 2010 | 1280 | 1.13 | 5924 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Pakistan |
| Jebus | Ancient name of Jerusalem | HAT-P-23
(Moriah) |
0.502 | 439.3 | 1.105 | radial vel. | 2006 | 197 | 0.93 | 5272 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Palestine | |
| Pollera | Traditional women's costume for the El Punto dance of Panama | WASP-79
(Montuno) |
0.9 | 1.7 | 3.6623817 | 0.0539 | transit | 2012 | 780 | 1.56 | 6600 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Panama |
| Tumearandu | Son of the original man and woman of the universe in Guaraní mythology | HD 108147
(Tupã) |
0.261 | 10.8985 | 0.102 | radial vel. | 2002 | 125.8 | 1.19 | 6067 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Paraguay | |
| Sumajmajta | Character from Way to the Sun by Peruvian writer Abraham Valdelomar | HD 156411
(Inquill) |
0.74 | 842.2 | 1.88 | radial vel. | 2009 | 180 | 1.25 | 5900 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Peru | |
| Haik | Successor to Aman Sinaya as god of the sea in Tagalog mythology | WASP-34
(Amansinaya) |
0.59 | 1.22 | 4.3176782 | 0.0524 | transit | 2010 | 390 | 1.01 | 5700 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Philippines |
| Leklsullun | "child/children" in the Pitkern language | HD 102117
(Uklun) |
0.172 | 20.67 | 0.1532 | radial vel. | 2004 | 140 | 1.03 | 5672 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Pitcairn Islands | |
| Pirx | Character from the books of Polish author Stanisław Lem | BD+14 4559
(Solaris) |
1.47 | 268.94 | 0.777 | radial vel. | 2009 | 160 | 0.86 | 5008 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Poland | |
| Viriato | Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion | HD 45652
(Lusitânia) |
0.47 | 43.6 | 0.23 | radial vel. | 2008 | 120 | 0.83 | 5312 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Portugal | |
| Aumatex | God of the wind in Taíno mythology | HIP 12961
(Koeia) |
0.35 | 57.435 | 0.13 | radial vel. | 2009 | 75 | 0.67 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Puerto Rico | ||
| Negoiu | Second highest peak in the Romanian Făgăraș mountain range | XO-1
(Moldoveanu) |
0.9 | 1.184 | 3.9415128 | 0.0488 | transit | 2006 | 536 | 1.0 | 5738 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Romania |
| Teberda | Teberda River in the Dombay region of Russia | HAT-P-3
(Dombay) |
0.591 | 0.827 | 2.899703 | 0.03866 | transit | 2007 | 420 | 0.917 | 5224 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Russia |
| Dopere | North Senegalese area containing the water source of Belel | HD 181342
(Belel) |
2.54 | 1.19 | 564.1 | 1.592 | radial vel. | 2010 | 360.7 | 1.69 | 4945 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Senegal |
| Vlasina | Vlasina River in southeastern Serbia | WASP-60
(Morava) |
0.5 | 0.9 | 4.3 | transit | 2011 | 1000 | 1.078 | 5900 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Serbia | |
| Viculus | "little village" in Latin | WASP-32
(Parumleo) |
3.6 | 1.18 | 2.71865 | 0.0394 | transit | 2010 | 795 | 1.1 | 6100 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Singapore |
| Kráľomoc | "Jupiter" in ancient Slovak | HAT-P-5
(Chasoň) |
1.06 | 1.252 | 2.788491 | 0.04079 | transit | 2007 | 1100 | 1.163 | 5960 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Slovakia |
| Iztok | Character from Pod svobodnim soncem by Slovene author Fran Saleški Finžgar | WASP-38
(Irena) |
2.712 | 1.079 | 6.871815 | 0.07551 | transit | 2010 | 360 | 1.216 | 6150 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Slovenia |
| Krotoa | !Uriǁ'aeǀona translator, community builder, and educator during the founding of Cape Colony | WASP-62
(Naledi) |
0.57 | 1.39 | 4.411953 | 0.0567 | transit | 2011 | 520 | 1.25 | 6230 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
South Africa |
| Halla | Highest mountain in South Korea | 8 UMi
(Baekdu) |
1.5 | 93.4 | 0.49 | radial vel. | 2015 | 518.91 | 1.8 | 4847.4 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
South Korea | |
| Riosar | Sar River in Spain, featured in the works of Galician poet Rosalía de Castro | HD 149143
(Rosalíadecastro) |
1.33 | 1.05 | 4.07206 | 0.052 | radial vel. | 2005 | 210 | 1.1 | 5730 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Spain |
| Samagiya | "togetherness/unity" in the Sinhalese language | HD 205739
(Sāmaya) |
1.37 | 279.8 | 0.896 | radial vel. | 2008 | 295 | 1.22 | 6176 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Sri Lanka | |
| Isagel | Character from Aniara by Swedish poet Harry Martinson | HD 102956
(Aniara) |
0.96 | 6.495 | 0.081 | radial vel. | 2010 | 411 | 1.68 | 5054 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Sweden | |
| Eiger | Prominent peak in the Bernese Alps | HD 130322
(Mönch) |
1.05 | 10.72 | 0.088 | radial vel. | 1999 | 98 | 0.79 | 5330 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Switzerland | |
| Ugarit | City where scribes devised the Ugaritic alphabet | HD 218566
(Ebla) |
0.21 | 225.7 | 0.6873 | radial vel. | 2010 | 97.65 | 0.85 | 4820 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Syria | |
| Sazum | Traditional name of Yuchi Township in Nantou County, Taiwan | HD 100655
(Formosa) |
1.7 | 157.57 | 0.76 | radial vel. | 2011 | 397.9 | 2.4 | 4861 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Taiwan | |
| Tanzanite | Tanzanite mineral | WASP-71
(Mpingo) |
2.258 | 1.5 | 2.9036747 | 0.04631 | transit | 2012 | 700 | 1.572 | 6050 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Tanzania |
| Maeping | Ping River in Thailand | WASP-50
(Chaophraya) |
1.437 | 1.138 | 1.9550959 | 0.02913 | transit | 2011 | 750 | 0.861 | 5400 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Thailand |
| Agouto | Highest mountain in Togo | WASP-64
(Atakoraka) |
1.2 | 0.7 | 1.6 | transit | 2011 | 1219.51 | 0.99 | 5550 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Togo | |
| Ramajay | "to sing and make music" in Trinidadian Creole | HD 96063
(Dingolay) |
0.9 | 361.1 | 0.99 | radial vel. | 2011 | 515 | 1.02 | 5148 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Khomsa | Palm shaped amulet popular in Tunisia | HD 192699
(Chechia) |
2.096 | 1.206 | 340.94 | 1.063 | radial vel. | 2007 | 220 | 1.38 | 5041 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Tunisia |
| Göktürk | Turkic peoples who established the First Turkic Khaganate | WASP-52
(Anadolu) |
0.46 | 1.27 | 1.7497798 | 0.0272 | transit | 2011 | 460 | 0.87 | 5000 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Turkey |
| Tryzub | Tryzub, the coat of arms of Ukraine | HAT-P-15
(Berehynia) |
1.946 | 1.072 | 10.863502 | 0.0964 | transit | 2010 | 620 | 1.013 | 5568 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Ukraine |
| Barajeel | Wind tower used to re-direct wind flow as a form of air conditioning | HIP 79431
(Sharjah) |
2.1 | 111.7 | 0.36 | radial vel. | 2010 | 47.0 | 0.49 | 3191 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
United Arab Emirates | |
| Cruinlagh | "to orbit" in Manx Gaelic | WASP-13
(Gloas) |
0.485 | 1.365 | 4.353011 | 0.05379 | transit | 2008 | 509 | 1.03 | 5826 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
United Kingdom |
| Mulchatna | Mulchatna River in southwestern Alaska, United States | HD 17156
(Nushagak) |
3.195 | 1.095 | 21.2163979 | 0.1623 | transit | 2007 | 255.2 | 1.275 | 6079 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
United States |
| Ibirapitá | Tree native to Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil | HD 63454
(Ceibo) |
0.39 | 1.06 | 2.81747 | 0.036 | radial vel. | 2005 | 117 | 0.8 | 4841 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Uruguay |
| Madalitso | "blessings" in the Nyanja language | HD 85390
(Natasha) |
0.099 | 799.52 | 1.373 | radial vel. | 2009 | 110.8 | 0.76 | 5186 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Zambia | |
| Bambaruush[6] | "bear cub" in Mongolian | HAT-P-21
(Mazaalai)[6] |
4.87 | 1.11 | 4.12448 | 0.0494 | transit | 2010 | 911.6 | 1.24 | 5588 | 2019 NameExoWorlds
Mongolia |
| Tahay | Chilean wildflower | Gliese 367
(Añañuca) |
0.00172 | 0.0641 | 0.321962 | 0.0071 | transit | 2021 | 30.7 | 0.454 | 3522 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Chile |
| Awohali | "eagle" in Cherokee | Gliese 436
(Noquisi) |
0.070 | 0.372 | 2.64388312 | 0.0291 | radial vel. | 2004 | 31.9 | 0.47 | 3586 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
United States |
| Su | "fire" in Basque | Gliese 486
(Gar) |
0.00887 | 0.1164 | 1.467119 | 0.01734 | radial vel. | 2021 | 26.4 | 0.323 | 3340 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Spain |
| Enaiposha | term for a large body of water in Maa | GJ 1214
(Orkaria) |
0.0257 | 0.2446 | 1.58040433 | 0.01490 | transit | 2009 | 47.8 | 0.178 | 3250 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Kenya |
| Phailinsiam | "sapphire" in Thai | GJ 3470
(Kaewkosin) |
0.0437 | 0.408 | 3.3366496 | 0.0355 | radial vel. | 2012 | 95.9 | 0.539 | 3600 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Thailand |
| Puli | Hungarian dog breed | HAT-P-12
(Komondor) |
0.211 | 0.959 | 3.2130598 | 0.0384 | transit | 2009 | 463 | 0.733 | 4650 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Hungary |
| Guataubá | Taíno mythological figure | HAT-P-26
(Guahayona) |
0.07 | 0.63 | 4.234520 | 0.0479 | transit | 2010 | 466 | 1.12 | 5079 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Puerto Rico |
| Zembretta | Tunisian island | HATS-72
(Zembra) |
0.1254 | 0.7224 | 7.3279474 | 0.066517 | transit | 2020 | 413 | 0.7311 | 4656 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Tunisia |
| Levantes | Greek word for easterly Mediterranean winds | HD 95086
(Aiolos) |
5 | 55.7 | imaging | 2013 | 282 | 1.6 | 7595 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Greece | ||
| Najsakopajk | "Mother Earth" in the Zoque language | HIP 65426
(Matza) |
9.0 | 1.5 | 92 | imaging | 2017 | 351 | 1.96 | 8840 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Mexico | |
| Qingluan | Chinese mythical bird | L 168-9
(Danfeng) |
0.0145 | 0.124 | 1.40150 | 0.02091 | transit | 2020 | 82.1 | 0.62 | 3800 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
China |
| Kua'kua | "butterfly" in the Bribri language | LHS 3844
(Batsũ̀) |
0.1162 | 0.46292913 | 0.00622 | transit | 2018 | 48.5 | 0.151 | 3036 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Costa Rica | |
| Cuancoá | name for the morning star in the U'wa language | LTT 9779
(Uúba) |
0.09225 | 0.421 | 0.7920520 | 0.01679 | transit | 2020 | 264.3 | 0.770 | 5443 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Colombia |
| Banksia | genus of plants | WASP-19
(Wattle) |
1.154 | 1.415 | 0.78883852 | 0.01652 | transit | 2009 | 869 | 0.965 | 5616 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Australia |
| Astrolábos | astrolabe | WASP-43
(Gnomon) |
1.78 | 0.93 | 0.813475 | 0.0142 | transit | 2011 | 284.3 | 0.58 | 4400 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Romania |
| Regoč | character from Croatian Tales of Long Ago | WASP-63
(Kosjenka) |
0.37 | 1.41 | 4.378080 | 0.0574 | transit | 2012 | 942 | 1.28 | 5550 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Croatia |
| Makombé | river in Cameroon | WASP-69
(Wouri) |
0.29 | 1.11 | 3.868140 | 0.04525 | transit | 2013 | 164 | 0.980 | 4700 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Cameroon |
| Tylos | ancient Greek name for Bahrain | WASP-121
(Dilmun) |
1.157 | 1.753 | 1.27492504 | 0.02596 | transit | 2015 | 858 | 1.358 | 6776 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Bahrain |
| Catalineta | character from Mallorcan folktale | WASP-166
(Filetdor) |
0.101 | 0.63 | 5.443540 | 0.0641 | transit | 2018 | 373 | 1.19 | 6050 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
Spain |
| Ahra | "ocean" in Korean | WD 0806−661
(Maru) |
8 | 2500 | imaging | 2011 | 62.7 | 0.62 | 9552 | 2022 NameExoWorlds[7]
South Korea |
