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The first planet discovered outside our solar system was nicknamed “Ex-1.” Because space naming is emotionally distant.

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The first confirmed exoplanets around a Sun-like star were announced in 1995 (51 Pegasi b), and earlier ones were found around a pulsar in 1992. Neither was nicknamed Ex-1.

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