One of the main objectives of this contest is to bring together different communities to explore and share in the discoveries and knowledge that have been gathered about exoplanetary systems and astronomy in general. To help make this possible, contest organizers have made it a requirement that naming proposals for the candidate exoplanetary systems be researched, debated and submitted by teams of people rather than from individuals.

Here are some things that you should consider in creating and organizing your team:

• A “team” by definition only requires two people. Technically, that means that you only need one other person to put together a proposal team for naming an exoplanet in this contest. However, in the spirit of trying to share our knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for the field of exoplanet science, the contest organizers are asking teams to be as inclusive as possible. If you are forming a team, try to bring in a mix of people – different ages, different backgrounds – all kinds of astronomy enthusiasts are out there. Team members could include students, teachers, amateur astronomer, professional astronomers, outreach educators, and pretty much anyone one else that has an interest in participating!​​

• Because it may be difficult to find much information on a particular candidate exoplanet, or the information may be hard for the average person to interpret, contest organizers recommend including an astronomy expert on your team – they could be a professional astronomer or an more advanced amateur astronomer. They will definitely be an asset in discovering more about your candidate planet and star and perhaps in planning an outreach activity.
  

• The teams are free to choose their method of selecting the name to be submitted in the proposal. They could, for example, incorporate voting from participants after the outreach event or have the voting done separately beforehand and announce the chosen name as part of the outreach event.
  

• Teams need to create and implement an outreach activity related to exoplanets. This could be one of the following, but not limited to: An event aimed to educate the public about exoplanets, their discovery and significance, the possibility of life elsewhere, etc. The event could also be focused more generally on other astronomy-related topics. The outreach activities could involve direct hands-on engagement, public lectures, or online interactions.

• Teams are registered in the contest when they submit their proposals. The CONTEST DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING NAME PROPOSALS IS NOW EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 11, 2022. That means all team activities, reports and videos must be submitted by that date to the international contest organizers connected to nameexoworlds2022.iau.org

• Register your team and submit your name proposal (written format + video) (via this form). If you can’t access Google Forms or do not have a Google account, please complete this form and submit it by email to nameexoworlds2022@oao.iau.org.