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The title says it all; this thread is about giving those horribly designated planets proper names. I have named at least 200 planets - 10% of the exoplanet population until May 10th, 2016 (Dang you, Kepler!). Here are just some I've picked out: HD 189733 b: Kymopoleia (Greek goddess of violent sea storms) Kepler-438b: Danae (Mother of Perseus) Gliese 581g: Zarmina (It's on the Wikipedia page for this planet) Kepler-138b: Duellona (Roman war goddess and wife of Mars) Kepler-10b: Vulcan (Do I even need to explain?) GJ 1214 b: Belisama (Celtic goddess of water, fire, crafts, and light) WASP-12b: Morus (Greek god of doom and fate) Kepler-22b: Tethe (Greek for Tethys, the Titaness of waters and wife of Oceanus) Gliese 86Ab: Nephthys (Egyptian god of death and waters) HAT-P-11b: Veles (Slavic god of trickery and the sea) HR 810 b: Aion (Hellenistic deity of time) HD 210702 b: Bellerophon (I will avenge you, 51 Pegasi b!) HD 175541 b: Eopsin (Korean deity of households and snakes) WD 1145+017 b: Geras (Okay, some are calling this thing an asteroid, but I'm still naming it after the Greek god of old age) HD 40307 g: Kahlo (A famous artist who envisioned herself as one with nature) HD 114762 b: Latham (In honor of its discoverer) Kepler-444f: Alcyoneus (The eldest of Gaea's giants; the bane of Pluto) Kepler-36 b and c: Cacus and Caca (Twin fire giants and children of Vulcan) K2-3d: Galene (Greek goddess of calm seas) CFBDSIR J214942.7-040308.9: Achelous (Ancient Greek river god who was left alone and abandoned by Heracles) Kepler-93b: Arke (Greek messenger goddess and sister of Iris) K2-22b: Menoetius (Titan of destruction and rash actions) PSO J318.5-22: Orphne (Torch-bearing Underworld nymph from Greek mythology) HD 86081 b: Astraeus (Titan of astrology) OGLE-TR-111b: Setesh (Brother of Osiris and god of the desert, storms, and war) KR Muscae b: Cercyon (A brutal king of Eleusis who murdered any visiting travelers) GJ 1132b: Aine (Irish goddess of love and summer) Wolf 1061 d: Normandy (A cold and seaside part of France where Operation Overlord took place; associated with the god Alaunius) Gliese 832 c: Lurbira (Basque goddess of the Earth and mother to many important deities in that religion) TRAPPIST-1b, c, and d: Theros, Eiar, and Cheimon (The deities of Summer, Spring, and Winter in Greek myths) Kepler-11g: Ourania (Greek Muse of astronomy; Also a reference to Sido's Urania System)