Rapper Lil Uzi Vert wants to own a planet, and the idea makes astronomers smile

Advertising or investment project among the stars? NS Rapper American Lil Uzi Vert announces Thursday
Want to be the owner From
planet WASP-127b.

The ad is accompanied by the hashtag “#Neuralink”, the name is Neurotechnology company It was co-founded by Elon Musk. According to Grimes, musician and rapper Elon Musk
Almost complete Files for planets.

However, this desire for spatial ownership “has no legal meaning or legitimacy,” detailed in 20 minutes Alan Lecavelier, astronomer. Furthermore, “This is probably the best answer in the book the little Prince de Saint-Exupéry, ”he added with a sense of humor.
In the thirteenth chapterThe hero meets a businessman who is busy counting the stars, which he himself considers his own.

Be careful with acquisition certificates

As Eric Lagadec, president of the French Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics points out 20 minutes Inability to possess planets. The principle is to regard things in the universe as “humanity heritage”.

The world remembers that sold star titles sometimes have no legal value. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Also warn, with a sense of humor, against “companies that sell land on the moon and other planets”.

WASP 127-b is not very friendly

What’s more, it’s currently unlikely that Lil Uzi Vert will set foot on WASP 127-b. “The star WASP 127 is about 500 light-years away, and the planet WASP 127-b is a gas giant that orbits its star in 4.2 days, is larger than Jupiter, and has a mass 50 times the mass of Earth,” recalls Eric Lagadec. The planet, he added, “is gaseous, very close to its star, so it’s very hot.” “Personally, I wouldn’t go on vacation there!”

If you want to leave your claws on the universe, you can participate in choosing the name of the asteroid. UAI, the only organization Delegated to validate Names, and sometimes competitions are organized to give them more “remembers” than scientific ones.

Someone who discovers astronomical objects (stars, asteroids…) is also entitled to suggest names in UAI. It is therefore up to international organizations to validate this. So said Cousteau. rogerfriedger Or albracens spinning over our heads. In early July, Maram Kerr, a 42-year-old Senegalese astronomer,
I am honored to see an asteroid named in his honor his. So, it’s up to you to clear the sky!

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