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

Publicity stunt or interstellar investment project? NS rapper American Lil Uzi Vert announces Thursday
want to be owner from
planet WASP-127b.

The ad is accompanied by the hashtag “#Neuralink”, the name from a neurotechnology company co-founder by Elon Musk. According to Grimes, musician and companion to Elon Musk, the rapper
almost complete his files to get to the planet.

However, this desire for spatial ownership ‘has no legal meaning or legitimacy’. 20 minutes Alain Lecavelier, astronomer. Besides, ‘probably the best answer in the book the little Prince de Saint-Exupéry ”, he added humorously.
In Chapter XIII, the hero meets a businessman who is counting the stars he considers his own.

Beware of Acquisition Certificates

Eric Lagadec, president of the French Association of Astronomy and Astrophysics, also points out 20 minutes inability to possess planets. The principle is to regard the objects of the universe as the inheritance of mankind.

Scientists remember that certificates of ownership of stars sometimes offered for sale have no legal value. International Astronomical Union (IAU) also warn, with humor, against “companies that sell territories on the Moon and other planets”.

WASP 127-b is not very friendly

Moreover, Lil Uzi Vert is unlikely to set foot on WASP 127-b at this time. “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 land mass,” recalls Eric Lagadec. The planet “is gaseous, very close to its star, so it’s very hot,” he added. ‘Personally, I wouldn’t go on vacation there! “

If you want to leave your claws on the universe, you can participate in the name of asteroids. UAI, the only organization ratify to ratify names, sometimes holding contests to give names that are more “memorable” than scientific names.

Someone who discovers astronomical objects (stars, asteroids…) is also entitled to suggest a name for UAI. Then ask international organizations to ratify it. This is how Cousteau, Roger federates or Brassens spinning above our heads. In early July, it was Maram Kaire, a 42 -year -old Senegalese astronomer, who
had the honor of seeing an asteroid named in his honor. So it’s up to you to scan the sky!

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