section_path: Commemoration/55 Cancri A
section_name: 55 Cancri A
paragraph_text: 55 Cancri A
  
  In July 2014 the International Astronomical Union launched NameExoWorlds, a process for giving proper names to certain exoplanets and their host stars. The process involved public nomination and voting for the new names. In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning name for 55 Cancri A was Copernicus.