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

Advertising or investment project among the stars? American rapper Lil Uzi Vert announced on Thursday
Want to become the owner From the planet WASP-127b.

The ad was accompanied by the hashtag “#Neuralink,” the name of a neurotech company co-founded by Elon Musk. According to Grimes, musician and companion of rapper Elon Musk
Almost completed File for the planet.

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

Watch out for takeover certificates

As Eric Lagadec, president of the French Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics, points out 20 minutes The inability to own a planet. The principle is to regard the things of the universe as “the heritage of humanity”.

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

WASP 127-b is not really hospitable

Moreover, it is unlikely, at the moment, that Lil Uzi Vert will ever 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 that of Earth,” recalls Eric Lagadec. This planet, he adds, is “gaseous, very close to its star, so it’s very hot.” “Personally, I would not go on vacation there!”

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

A person who discovers an astronomical object (star, asteroid …) also has the right to suggest a name on the UAI. Hence it is up to the international organization 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 was honored to see an asteroid named in his honor. So, it is up to you to clear the sky!