The astronomers have find a few new planets outside our solar system. Do they have names, and what are they.?

Answer 1

They are called extrasolar planets, and there is great info about them at the following sites

http://www.nineplanets.org/other.html
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/extrasolarplanets.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_planets

For a definitive list, try this site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_with_confirmed_extrasolar_planets

55 Cancri is an interesting one, as many feel it has similar characteristics to earth

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=135

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

The thing they found is debatable if it is actually a planet. Same with Pluto. It is not really a planet, but for the sake of conversation, sure it is. But as for the new "planet" i mean do we really need two questionable masses in our solar system?

Answer 3

in the final ten years they have chanced on properly over a hundred extrasolar planets, at the same time with a gas great basically 10.5 gentle years away. the huge Binocular Telescope, an interferometer, could be waiting to image a number of them rapidly.

Answer 4

They don't have names like our planets do. They have a name that represents where they were found (what area of the sky, what star they revolve around) and a number.

Answer 5

most of them have names in the greek alphabet, such as beta 37. or gamma 12. those are their labeling systems. Also, they get named after the star they circle.

Answer 6

I believe they have been designated
Itchy
and
Scratchy

Answer 7

sedna

Answer 8

really?That would make a great news...I don't think that is true....