Does it go by any other scientific name? Thanks :)
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There is no such planet. Presumably you are referring to the planet in this article:
http://www.universetoday.com/92773/briti…
If it proves to be a planet, its correct name would be SPH10066540B. There is no tradition of naming planets after their discoverers. Only comets are named after their discoverers.
http://www.universetoday.com/92773/briti…
If it proves to be a planet, its correct name would be SPH10066540B. There is no tradition of naming planets after their discoverers. Only comets are named after their discoverers.
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I hate to disappoint you, but the only exoplanet with a name, and that informal, is Bellerephon, otherwise 51b Pegasi.
Exoplanets get letters, starting with b, appended to the designation for their stars. There is, I am relieved to report, no star with the absurd name Threapleton Holmes--nor even Sherlock Holmes! Which is not to say a lot of star names are not fairly ridiculous looking in English, such as Zubeneschamali or Rukbalgethi.
I hope the origin of the name you ask about does not derive from the infamous and well known scams based on "selling" a star name. These are pure frauds, as you can read in postings at the International Astronomical Union's website iau.org/public/buying_star_names/ or theat of the International Planetarium Society, whose members are plagued by suckers coming in asking to see the star they "bought".. Invest in the Brooklyn Bridge, it has as much reality and a much longer history
Exoplanets get letters, starting with b, appended to the designation for their stars. There is, I am relieved to report, no star with the absurd name Threapleton Holmes--nor even Sherlock Holmes! Which is not to say a lot of star names are not fairly ridiculous looking in English, such as Zubeneschamali or Rukbalgethi.
I hope the origin of the name you ask about does not derive from the infamous and well known scams based on "selling" a star name. These are pure frauds, as you can read in postings at the International Astronomical Union's website iau.org/public/buying_star_names/ or theat of the International Planetarium Society, whose members are plagued by suckers coming in asking to see the star they "bought".. Invest in the Brooklyn Bridge, it has as much reality and a much longer history