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[-] herrvogel@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

There are approximately two metric shit tons of planets. I assume scientists have better things to do with their time than to sit around and think of names to give to every single one of those.

[-] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago

I just assumed all the ones we would actually hear about would get named more regularly. But I guess if they're talking about a specific one, this would happen. I never really thought about how many must really be out there, but now it seems obvious.

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