elainegrey

I don't know why this made me so happy, but the names different nations have given to Jupiter-like exoplanets and their stars in this -- https://nameexoworlds.iau.org/ -- program warmed my heart. I was particularly delighted that in the 2019 program the Netherlands named star HAT-P-6  "Sterrennacht," after  Van Gogh's "Starry Night." The planet is named  "Nachtwacht" after Rembrandt's "Night Watch."  Future planets in the system should be given "names associated with world-famous paintings by Dutch masters."