Lebanese Are Called To Name Stars And Exoplanets At The NameExoWorlds 2022 Competition

The Worldwide Astronomical Union (IAU) has launched the “NameExoWorlds 2022” competitors to call 20 stars and exoplanets that can be monitored by the newly launched James Webb Telescope (JWST) for future missions.

In 2019, Lebanon succeeded in naming the exoplanet Beirut and its host star Phoenicia, in response to a vote performed on social media.

On this yr’s competitors, the IAU requested that the voting course of be performed by groups reasonably than people.

In step with the principles established by the Worldwide Astronomical Union, and to facilitate the nomination course of, the Lebanese Nationwide Committee submits 6 doable nominations for voting by the groups:

A. Haramoun, Sannine

B. Byblos, Baalbek

C. Melkart, Murex

D. Adonis, Ashtaroute

E. Mochus, Cadmos

F. Tyros, Qana

By way of the NameExoWorlds initiatives, the IAU and its companions acknowledge the significance of house and numerous cultures, because the competitors invitations communities the world over to attach.

Created in 1919, the IAU goals to catalog celestial objects and supply names for them, because the development in science has enabled astronomers to detect new celestial objects, referred to as exoplanets.

In 2019, the NameExoWorlds competitors supplied each nation the prospect to call one planetary system, as 112 international locations organized campaigns involving the participation of greater than 780,000 folks worldwide.

Lebanese folks can take part as follows:

• Making a crew composed of scholars and academics, astronomy fans, and exoplanetary scientists;
• Create and implement an occasion associated to exoplanets;
• Groups are free to decide on their methodology of choosing the identify to be submitted within the proposal;
• Register the crew to submit their identify proposal (written format and video) through this type.

​The deadline for the “NameExoWorlds 2022” competitors is November 11, 2022.