SOPHIE’s music and legacy will proceed to reside on without end within the universe—actually.
The WGSBN (Working Group of the Worldwide Astronomical Union) not too long ago made an announcement that an asteroid has been completely renamed after the late digital music pioneer, whose loss of life following an unintended fall shocked the music group at giant in January 2021. The WGSBN is the affiliation that names minor planets and comets.
Shortly after SOPHIE’s tragic loss of life, superfan Christian Arroyo launched a Change.org petition to get a planet named after her. After artist illustrations and renditions of exoplanet TOI 1338 b have been shared, followers observed similarities between the drawings and SOPHIE’s Each Pearl’s Un-Insides album cowl artwork. That is when Arroyo requested the scientists that found TOI 1338 b to call it after her.
“Her followers would like to pay homage by having her title be remembered on this approach and for her affect to proceed to flourish for years to come back,” said Arroyo, who asserts SOPHIE’s music left “an insurmountable impression on many LGBTQIA+ people.”
However these plans fell by means of, and SOPHIE was finally honored with the renaming of 1980 RE1 as a substitute. The comet was found in 1980 by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos.
“We did it y’all! Sophie has affect so many people, and now she’s going to without end be a part of the cosmos,” Arroyo wrote. “I thank each single one among you who signed and shared this petition. The web page itself will probably be stored up as a memorial to the good Sophie Xeon.”
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