The Arae planetary system has a new name: from Tuesday Cervantes calls his star and four planets orbiting Quixote, Rocinante, Sancho and Dulcinea
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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) official in charge of assigning names to celestial objects, just announced this decision after NameExoWorlds convene a public contest to rename the planetary systems found in recent years.
Cervantes was the name of the Spanish candidacy, a name promoted by the Spanish Society of Astronomy and the Planetarium of Pamplona (northern Spain) for this international competition.
With over 38,000 votes, the Spanish proposal has was the winner of the contest in which competed with six options for four countries (Portugal, Italy, Colombia and Japan).
From today, the planetary system Arae, located 49.8 light-years away in the constellation Altar (Ara), can be called both ways, for their scientific nomenclature or by their new names. Cervantes, Don Quixote, Rocinante, Sancho and Dulcinea
The vote was open on the internet from August 12 to October 31. Everyone could vote, with the only limitation of one vote per device.
The campaign to solicit votes, dubbed #YoEstrellaCervantes, was present throughout the voting process in social networks and through a own website (www.estrellacervantes.es).
The NameExoWorlds contest the International Astronomical Union (IAU) allowed for the first time in history, the public could participate in choosing new names for star exoplanets
And it was a success. You could choose among 274 names proposed by astronomical organizations from 45 countries, and more than half a million votes from 182 countries were received
Spain. was the third country in percentage of participation, behind only India and the United States.
Among the other new names adopted include those from mythological figures from different cultures, as well as scientific or characters . fiction, ancient cities or words of disappeared languages
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