Talk:MACHO-1997-BLG-41

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[edit] "MACHO-1997-BLG-41c"

Under the current system of naming lensing planets, MACHO-1997-BLG-41Lc might be more likely (as it is located in the system, so presumably the stars would be LA and LB), but whether the letter b or c would be assigned, or whether the L would be used is another matter.

To put it bluntly, we don't have any idea what it would be called. These designations have not been used, anywhere. Chaos syndrome 23:01, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] There is no planet in this system

At present, there is no evidence for a planet in this system. Just as we do not list the disproven planet Vulcan (which was once thought to be located inside the orbit of Mercury) in lists of the planets in our solar system, there is no need to list the planet that has been disproven orbiting the MACHO-1997-BLG-41 lens binary. The inclusion of a planetbox is highly misleading as it suggests that there are grounds for believing the planet might exist. 131.111.8.104 (talk) 21:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)