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The IAU's names for exoplanets – and on most occasions their host stars – are chosen by the Executive Committee Working Group (ECWG) on Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites, a group working parallel with the Working Group on Star Names (WGSN). [1] Proper names of stars chosen by the ECWG are explicitly recognised by the WGSN. [1]
For instance, for a large portion of names ending in -s, the oblique stem and therefore the English adjective changes the -s to a -d, -t, or -r, as in Mars–Martian, Pallas–Palladian and Ceres–Cererian; [note 1] occasionally an -n has been lost historically from the nominative form, and reappears in the oblique and therefore in the English ...
This is a list of extraterrestrial beings that have been reported in close encounters, claimed or speculated to be associated with unidentified flying objects (UFOs) (not to be confused with the meaning of the term "alien species" in the biological science of ecology).
1 Extraterrestrial. 2 Humanoid. 3 Legendary. 4 Mythical. 5 Plants and fungi. 6 Reptilian. 7 Theological. Toggle the table of contents. ... List of fictional ...
Many of the names chosen were based on world history, mythology and literature. [3] In June 2019, another such project (NameExoWorlds II), in celebration of the organization's hundredth anniversary, in a project officially called IAU100 NameExoWorlds, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] welcomed countries of the world to submit names for exoplanets and their host stars .
List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens; List of Star Trek aliens; List of Star Wars creatures; Lists of Star Wars species: A–E, F–J, K–O, P–T, U–Z; Species of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
This category is for alien creatures reported in UFO conspiracy theories and urban legends, which are claimed by people who share these narratives to exist in real life. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Extraterrestrial may refer to: Extraterrestrial life , life that occurs outside of Earth and that probably did not originate from Earth Extraterrestrial (TV program) , a program on the National Geographic Channel