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29 sty 2023 · New Planet Names. In the list below you will find the list of newly discovered planets that have received proper names.
2 maj 2024 · Venus is also known as the “Golden Planet” due to its bright yellow color that makes it look like a massive glowing ball of gold. In kanji letters, Venus is written as (金星) and it’s pronounced as “Kinsei”. The first kanji letter (金) means “money” or “gold” in English and the second kanji letter (星) means planet.
Below is a list of the names of the planets in Japanese followed by their literal meaning or the symbolism that the Japanese ideograms give to the words: 惑星 (Wakusei) - Planet (illusion + Star) 太陽系 (Taiyoukei) - Solar System (Sun line)
Proper names for planets outside of the Solar System – known as exoplanets – are chosen by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through public naming contests known as NameExoWorlds.
For exoplanets orbiting a single star, the name is normally formed by taking the name of its parent star and adding a lowercase letter. A provisional IAU-sanctioned standard exists to accommodate the naming of planets that orbit two stars, which are known as circumbinary planets.
15 maj 2020 · 天王 (tennou) means “king of the heavens,” in reference to the Greek god Uranus. Uranus (as well as Neptune) is an ice giant (天王星型惑星, tennousei gata wakusei), and, at a minimum temperature of -371℉, is the coldest planet in the solar system.
Black holes. Black holes have no consistent naming conventions. Supermassive black holes receive the designation of the galaxy whose core they reside in. Examples are NGC 4261, NGC 4151 and M31, which derive their designation from the New General Catalogue and the list of Messier objects.
