Alaskan Wins International Competition to Name Star, Exoplanet
DILLINGHAM – An Alaskan, Ivory Adajar of Dillingham, Alaska Tuesday won an international competition by The International Astronomical Union (IAU) to name an intergalactic star and exoplanet. The new star and exoplanet are named Nushagak and Mulchatna after the famed Bristol Bay wild salmon river and tributary. The competition named a star designated for […]
