14 DAY TRIAL // The nearest exoplanet ever discovered, maybe the nearest exoplanet we're ever going to discover, now has a name. Granted, it had a name before, but it's now got one that isn't as boring as Alpha Centauri Bb.
Another caveat is that it's not an official name, it's been crowdsourced and voted upon, but no official body is going to recognize it.
Still, for what it's worth, the planet is now called "Albertus Alauda," after a suggestion by a Uwingu user. Uwingu is a site that aims to crowdsource names for exoplanets, while also raising money for research.
None of the names it picks are going to be published in any astronomy book or paper, but they could become the "de facto" names if enough people use them, just like most stars have popular names, many times different ones in different languages.
Albertus Alauda was proposed by one user who wanted to honor his grandfather this way. His grandfather was named Albert Lark, Albertus Alauda is the Latin version.