Citizen scientists found a remarkable exoplanet and named it after a Harry Potter character
Citizen scientists mining data collected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered a record-breaking world and gave it a memorable nickname to match: Percival, after the father of Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books. . But in more formal terms, the extrasolar planet or “exoplanet” is called TOI 4633 c.… Read More »