Lots of astronomical objects have names, but somehow it’s asteroids and maybe craters that really got the naming hype, there are hundreds of them named after scientists, poets, the discoverer’s teacher, you name it. It’s a nice custom.
Disclaimer: I might be slightly biased, as I proposed my wife with naming one of them (asteroid, I mean).
Lots of astronomical objects have names, but somehow it’s asteroids and maybe craters that really got the naming hype, there are hundreds of them named after scientists, poets, the discoverer’s teacher, you name it. It’s a nice custom.
Disclaimer: I might be slightly biased, as I proposed my wife with naming one of them (asteroid, I mean).
Are you sure it wasn’t a star and is your wife’s name Claire Cooper, by any chance? https://youtu.be/JNRPa6Mmqm8
I checked it, it’s not :)