Name a planet after someone you love — yours forever

Yes — completely free. No payment, no account, no email address required. You claim your planet, receive your Certificate of Discovery, and keep it forever at zero cost. There are no hidden fees or premium tiers.

No — and we are upfront about that. Your planet is a unique digital world generated from your name, not a real astronomical object. It carries no official naming rights with any scientific body (the IAU is the only authority that can officially name celestial objects). Book Your Planet is a free entertainment experience — a personalized, symbolic piece of imaginary space.

Yes, and it makes a genuinely original gift. Enter the recipient's name to generate their unique planet, then share the link or print the Certificate of Discovery for them. It works for birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, or anyone who loves space — and it costs nothing.

When you claim a planet you receive: a unique procedurally generated world with its own type, diameter, atmosphere, moons, and rarity score; a permanent catalog ID in the galactic registry; a printable Certificate of Discovery (designed to be framed); an interactive 3D view of your planet you can rotate; and a shareable link so others can view your world.

Right after claiming, you can optionally answer three quick "this or that" questions about how your planet would govern itself — order or freedom, progress or tradition, community or independence. Your answers sort your planet into one of eight personality types, shown on your data card and certificate as its Governance profile. A second, deeper set of five questions ("Expand your planet's DNA") adds richer flavor text on top of that same result. None of it affects your planet's actual generated attributes — it's purely optional, fictional, and just for fun. The Galactic Census on the star map shows how the whole catalog has answered so far.

Every claimed planet gets one permanent founding declaration — a short statement (up to 480 characters) of what your world stands for. You'll need your ownership code to declare it, and once submitted it can never be edited or deleted, the same way the planet itself can't change once claimed. If you've taken the Planet DNA quiz, the manifesto page will reference your result as a starting prompt. All declared manifestos are visible to anyone on the manifesto page.

Your name and country are combined into a mathematical seed using a deterministic hashing algorithm. That seed generates every attribute of your planet — type, size, atmosphere, ring system, moon count, surface texture, and the discovery record text. The same name and country combination always produces the same world, so your planet is permanently and uniquely yours.

The catalog contains 12 planet types: Rocky World, Desert World, Ocean World, Ice World, Forest World, Volcanic World, Carbon World, Iron World, Gas Giant, Ice Giant, Super-Puff, and the rare Binary-Lit World. Each has unique colors, surface textures, atmospheric descriptions, and visual features rendered in 2D and full 3D. Rarity ranges from Common through Uncommon and Rare to the coveted Exceptional.

Claimed planets are part of the public catalog — once claimed, yours appears in the Claimed Planets gallery and on the Star Map for anyone to browse. Your ownership code stays private to you and is the only way to prove a planet is yours, declare its manifesto, or access the verified Certificate of Discovery — but the planet itself, including its name and attributes, is part of the shared collection.

Only if two people enter the exact same name from the same country. Since the planet is generated deterministically from that combination, identical inputs always produce identical results. But the catalog contains millions of possible worlds, so the chance of an accidental match between two different names is essentially zero.

After claiming your planet you receive an ownership code (format: BYP-XXXX-XXXX). Save this — it is the only way to unlock printing. Enter it in the verification field on the page and click Verify. Once verified, the Print Certificate button becomes active. The certificate includes your planet's portrait, catalog ID, type, diameter, atmosphere, moons, rarity, and claim date, formatted for A4 or Letter and designed to be framed.

No. Your planet is generated deterministically from your name — it will always exist. Your ownership code (BYP-XXXX-XXXX) is the key to look it up again at any time. Save it and your planet is permanently accessible.