←back to thread

JWST reveals its first direct image discovery of an exoplanet

(www.smithsonianmag.com)
342 points divbzero | 4 comments | 27 Jun 25 17:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.634s | source
1. aaronbrethorst ◴[27 Jun 25 22:39 UTC] No.44400932[source]▶
Anne-Marie Lagrange, lead author of the study

What an appropriate name for an astrophysicist. I wonder if she's distantly related to the namesake of the Lagrange point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point

Incidentally, although I'd never heard of A-M Lagrange before now, she's had an incredible career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Marie_Lagrange

replies(3): >>44400951 #>>44401062 #>>44404950 #
2. louthy ◴[27 Jun 25 22:42 UTC] No.44400951[source]▶
Exactly my thought too, probably nominative determinism striking again
3. kergonath ◴[27 Jun 25 22:58 UTC] No.44401062[source]▶
> What an appropriate name for an astrophysicist. I wonder if she's distantly related to the namesake of the Lagrange point.

Scopus has 390 profiles of people named Lagrange. It is not a very popular family name but it is not uncommon either and some of them are bound to end up in academia, whether they are descendants of Joseph-Louis or not.

4. fanatic2pope ◴[28 Jun 25 14:28 UTC] No.44404950[source]▶
In fact, JWST orbits L2!

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F4STZH25YJ...