Name ExoWorlds National contest held in Nepal during August 1-31, 2019. The contest provided an opportunity for Nepali people living in Nepal or abroad to propose names to a host star and a planet of another world! We received total of 476 proposals for the two names: one for the host star (HD100777) and one for the planet (HD100777b) along with explanations.

The voting has been divided into two sections: Part-1 and Part-2. As a part-1, we open public voting for the proposed 10 shortlisted names for the Planet HD100777b during September 18 – October 2, 2019. Part02 is currently on for the public voting for the proposed 10 shortlisted names for the Star HD100777. Voting is available at the HamroPatro Mobile App.

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The Proposed Name Should be:

  • The proposed names should be of things, people, or places of long-standing cultural, historical, or geographical significance, worthy of being assigned to a celestial object.
  • Although not necessary, the names may be drawn from themes related to the sky and astronomy, or related in some way to the constellation or a cultural asterism in which the exoplanetary system lies.
  • Two (2) names should be proposed – one (1) for the exoplanet and one (1) for the star it orbits.
  • The proposed name should be between 4 and 16 characters in length (including spaces or punctuation after translation in English)
  • The proposed names should be preferably one word.
  • The proposed names should be pronounceable easily and should be non-offensive
  • Not identical to, or too similar to, an existing name of an astronomical object.

The proposed should not be:

  • Names of a purely or principally commercial nature.
  • Names of individuals, places or events principally known for political, military or religious activities.
  • Names of individuals that died less than a century ago (1919).
  • Names of living individuals.
  • Names of organizations related to the selection.
  • Names of pet animals.
  • Contrived names (i.e. new, invented).
  • Acronyms.
  • Names that include numbers or punctuation marks (diacritics are acceptable)
  • Names that are principally known as trademarks or protected by intellectual property claims.

Name ExoWorlds National Committee:

Chair: Suresh Bhattarai (NOC)

Binil Aryal (Tribhuvan University)
Suman Satyal (University of Texas at Arlington/NASO)
Geeta Basyal (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology)
Rupa Manandhar (Science Teacher’s Association of Nepal)
Manisha Dwa (NASO)


Assigned ExoWorld Basic Info:

Star

Identification: HD 100777

Type: yellow, dwarf

Constellation: Leo

​Planet

Identification: HD 100777 b

Proposed Schedule:
June -July: Prepare promotional materials for the campaign.
August : Collection of proposals
September 17 – November: Shortlist the names and open for public voting
November: Selection of the three names
December: Global announcement of the result by IAU