HAT-P-2b ... or not

[adelaidesean]

Is it just me, or do we need to re-think our naming systems when the largest extrasolar planet found so far ends up sounding like a droid from the Star Wars prequels, or a bad Hamlet pun?

'"This planet is so unusual that at first we thought it was a false alarm - something that appeared to be a planet but wasn't," said CfA astronomer Gaspar Bakos. "But we eliminated every other possibility, so we knew we had a really weird planet."'

I think we should show superplanets a tad more respect, personally. Haven't these astronomers ever heard of Sontarans?

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[bluetyson.livejournal.com]

Or even Servalan.

:)