Yes, You Can Help Name an Exoplanet. No, It Can't Be Named for Your Cat
Exoplanet GJ 504b is about four times more massive than Jupiter, and it orbits a star in the constellation Virgo. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) At a Glance Countries are invited to participate in the NameExoWorlds global campaign.Each country is assigned its own exoplanet and the star it orbits.Names can't be purely commercial or attached to politics or religion. Here’s your chance to help name a planet. You're probably familiar with headlines like or . Those planets often get odd,...