Exoplanets

In December 2015, the IAU released official names for 14 stars and 31 exoplanets, chosen by public vote and with names submitted from astronomical institutions from around the world.

It is the contention of this project that any astronomical body with a proper name needs a proper astrological symbol. The symbols and their explanations of these 44-ish bodies are located below. Hopefuly, future exo-astrologers will find this useful.


Veritate (14 Andromedae)

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Latin for "Where there is truth." The symbol is the Latin letter V with a solar dot.



Spe (14 Andromedae b)

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Latin for "Where there is hope." The symbol is the Latin letter S with a Jovian cross at the end, as this planet is the largest body in its system.



Musica (18 Delphini)

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Latin for "music." The symbol is a lyre with a solar dot.



Arion (18 Delphini b)

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Greek musical genius. Legend says dolphins saved life after he played kithara. The symbol is a Saturnine cross with a dolphin curve.



Fafnir (42 Draconis)

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From Norse myth, a dwarf who got turned into a dragon. The symbol is a dragon with a solar dot in the center of the curve.



Orbitar (42 Draconis b)

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This exoplanet is named in honor of NASA's orbital operations. The symbol is a large circle with a smaller circle intersecting to the right, representing a body in an orbital path.



Chalawan (47 Ursae Majoris)

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This star is named after a crocodile king from Thai myth, slain by the hero Krai Thong. He lived in a cave underwater, which held an orb that glowed as brightly as the sun. This symbol consists of a circle with a wave crossing center, representing the submerged cave, and a crocodile head above with solar dot in the mouth.



Taphao Thong (47 Ursae Majoris b)

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Sister of Taphao Kaew, she was bewitched by Chalawan to fall in love with him. When he was defeated by Krai Thong, she became one of his wives. The symbol is a crocodile head over a female cross.



Taphao Kaew (47 Ursae Majoris c)

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Sister of Taphao Kaew, she became one of Kai Throng's wives. The symbol is a warlike arrow over a female cross.



Helvetios (51 Pegasi)

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This star is named after Helvetii, a Celtic tribe that lived in Switzerland in the middle ages. The historian Posidonius describes their land as full of gold washing in rivers. The symbol is the Sun with a water wave crossing it, representing gold in a river.



Dimidium (51 Pegasi b)

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This exoplanet is named after the Latin word for "half," in reference to the planet having half the mass of Jupiter. Thus, the symbol is Jupiter with a long line dividing it down the center.



Bellerophon (51 Pegasi b's largest moon)

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51 Pegasi b was the first exoplanet discovered, and was originally given the unofficial name Bellerophon, for the rider of the Pegasus from Greek myth. I propose that the largest moon of Dimidium, should it ever be observed, should be given this name instead. The symbol's form is designed to be similar to Dimidium's, and prepresents a winged horse.



Copernicus (55 Cancri)

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Named after the Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus, who first proposed the heliocentric model, to somewhat mixed reviews. The symbol is a C with a solar dot in the center, and a small circle to the right, representing a planet orbiting a star.



Galileo (55 Cancri b)

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Named after Galileo Galilei, the father of observational astronomy and discoverer of Jupiter's four largest moons. The symbol is a G, written with a Jovian cross.



Brahe (55 Cancri c)

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Named after Tycho Brahe, an astornomer known for his incredibly precise observations for his time, and for mentoring Johannes Kepler. The symbol is a small circle adjacent to a B. The circle represents both naked-eye astronomy, and the Tychonic system, the interesting cosmology he invented wherein the planets all orbit the sun, and the sun orbits the earth.



Lipperhey (55 Cancri d)

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Named after a German-Dutch lens grinder, Hans Lipperhey, who invented the refracting telescope. The symbol is Telescopium, with L as a base.



Janssen (55 Cancri e)

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Named after Zacharias Jannssen, a Dutch spectacle maker who is considered to be the inventor of both the microscope and the telescope. The symbol is Telescopium, with J as a base.



Harriot (55 Cancri f)

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Named after the English astronomer Thomas Harriot, who is attributed with having made the first detailed drawing of the Moon. The symbol is an H with the Moon as the left leg.



Amateru (Epsilon Tauri b)

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This exoplanet is named after a shrine of the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu. The planet is based on her three treasures: a large circle representing a shield, a simple sword behind it, and a small curved jade stone in the center.



Hypatia (Iota Draconis b)

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Ran (Epsilon Eridani)

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AEgir (Epsilon Eridani b)

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Tadmor (Gamma Cephei b)

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Dagon (Fomalhaut b)

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Tonatiuh (HD 104985)

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Meztli (HD 104985 b)

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Ogma (HD 149026)

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Smertrios (HD 149026 b)

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Intercrus (HD 81688)

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Arkas (HD 81688 b)

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Cervantes (Mu Arae)

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Quijote (Mu Arae b)

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Dulcinea (Mu Arae c)

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Rocinante (Mu Arae d)

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Sancho (Mu Arae e)

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Thestias (Pollux b)

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Lich (PSR 1257+12)

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Draugr (PSR 1257+12 b)

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Poltergeist (PSR 1257+12 c)

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Phobetor (PSR 1257+12 d)

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Titawin (Upsilon Andromedae)

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Saffar (Upsilon Andromedae b)

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Samh (Upsilon Andromedae c)

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Majriti (Upsilon Andromedae d)

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Libertas (Xi Aquilae)

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Fortitudo (Xi Aquilae b)

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