Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet named after Harry Potter character
Citizen scientists sifting through data collected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a record-breaking world and given it a memorable nickname: Percival, after the father of Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter books. In more official terms, however, the extrasolar planet, or ‘exoplanet’, is called TOI 4633 c. … Read more