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NameExoWorlds (also known as IAU NameExoWorlds) were various projects managed by the International Astronomical Union (I.A.U.) to encourage names to be submitted for astronomical objects, notably . The accepted names would later be considered for official adoption by the organization.
In June 2019, another such project (NameExoWorlds II), in celebration of the organization's hundredth anniversary, in a project officially called IAU100 NameExoWorlds, welcomed countries of the world to submit names for and their host stars. A star with an exoplanet was assigned to each country, and members of the public submitted names for them.
The third NameExoWorlds project was announced in August 2022. It gave names to 20 exoplanets and their host stars, all of which are targets for observation by the James Webb Space Telescope. The names were announced in June 2023.
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