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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

No wait, SRK Crater?!

This would indeed be more of a reason for Bollywood fanatics to brag around, singing "Shah Rukh Khan is on moon!" and "Shah Rukh Khan has brought the moon to Bollywood!" and "My Name is Chand!" and so on. Well, the first time I had an idea of what just happened, it was me cursing myself for supporting the IAU.

Yes, it is real. Arago B was titled Shahrukh Khan by the ILGS and approved by IAU, the 'real' authority for nomenclature on celestial domains. It was apparently to mark SRK's 44th birthday. Ironically, no one seems to remember Werner Heisenberg's, needless to say one of the most influential 20th century physicist's 108th birthday. Oh, and that gets me thinking about all of SRK's contribution to any given natural science, forget lunar exploration. Pardon me if I don't recall any.

The International Astronomy Union, better known as IAU. As of me, I had been supportive all along. International Year of Astronomy 2009, Cloudy Nights Forum Packs, and many more; they were worth the praise. Oh, but then came the deserving Shahrukh Khan crater, with SRK fans equally in par. Hey, next time try hiring actors for scientists, okay? Oh, try renaming your organization: I-love-actors-for-craters-llywood. Trust me, you'd have a lot more days to live with your 'fans'. And don't forget to forget everything you called astronomy, except for maybe craters. I hope you'd have enough craters up there, one for every damned celebrity with absolutely nothing to do with astronomy. And we'll always love astronomy, so you won't need to give a shit about us. Hell with you. Hell with ILGS.

You know, I've lost everything I had for you. Kudos to I-love-actors-for-craters-llywood.

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