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Star Lore IAU 100 NameExoWorlds The 2019 Project Constellations E - O

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Encouraged by the 2015 event and celebrating its 100th anniversary, in 2019, the IAU launched a much larger project called IAU 100 NameExoWorlds, offering every country on Earth the chance to name one planetary system, comprising an exoplanet and its host star. Every participating country voted on the proposals of that nation. As a result, out of thousands of proposals, the names for 113 stars and 113 exoplanets were adopted by the IAU (click here for the complete list). Here is the (still incomplete) continuation of the results of this events, sorted alphabetically by constellation.

Mensa

Australia used two words from the Boonwurrung language to name the star HD 38283 and its planet HD 38283 b. The star was named Bubup, meaning "child"; the planet's name is Yanyan, meaning "boy." The Boon wurrung people are an Australian Aboriginal nation, living in what is now Victoria. Many astronomers and historians consider Aboriginal Australians the world's first astronomers, as their rich oral history has preserved star lore dating back 40,000 years. (See our Australia section for details). Source: NameExoWorlds Approved Names

Bubup Wilam Child and Family Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Source: croakey.org

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