• Beijing Planetarium of BJAST held the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Extrasolar World Naming Event (NameExoWorlds 2022) - China Naming Results Release Conference
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    On June 17, the "International Astronomical Union (IAU) Extrasolar World Naming Event (NameExoWorlds 2022) - China Naming Results Release Conference" was held at the Beijing Planetarium.

    The conference is one of a series of popular science activities carried out by the Chinese Astronomical Society in 2023, hosted by the Chinese Astronomical Society, organized by the Beijing Planetarium, and co-organized by the China Center of the Astronomical Education Office of the International Astronomical Union, and announced the proposal adopted by the IAU for the naming of the Chinese team of star L 168-9 in the constellation Tuncalea and its planet L 168-9b - Danfeng and Qingluan.

    At the press conference, Professor Wang Xiaofeng, Director of the Beijing Planetarium and Director of the popularization committee of the Chinese Astronomical Society, unveiled the naming plates of the "Danfeng" star and the "Qingluan" star, and introduced these two names in detail, looking forward to the subsequent scientific popularization work.

     

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