The International Astronomical Union is periodically running contests to allow young people worldwide to name exoplanets, including those found by the WASP project.

Results of the 2022/23 naming process have just been announced.

The star WASP-19 is named Wattle (a genus of 1000 species of shrubs and trees native to Australia) while planet WASP-19b is Banksia (a genus of Australian wildflowers of medicinal and cultural importance to indigenous Australians).

The star WASP-43 is named Gnomon (after the astronomical instrument) while planet WASP-43b is Astrolábos (Greek for the astronomical instrument used in navigation).

The star WASP-63 is named Kosjenka while planet WASP-63b is Regoč (the names being characters in a popular Croatian fairy tale).

The star WASP-69 is named Wouri while planet WASP-69b is Makombé (being a major river in Cameroon and its tributary).

The star WASP-121 is named Dilmun (the Sumerian name of an ancient civilisation of the Bahrain archipelago) while planet WASP-121b is Tylos (the ancient Greek name for Bahrain island.).

The star WASP-166 is named Filetdor while planet WASP-166b is Catalineta (being a sea-serpent and heroine from the Mallorcan folktale “Na Filet d’Or”).