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Originally Posted by Jpax2003
No, but they do imply that when you name a star -- even though astronomers won't use the name you give it -- no one else will be able to name that star.
And, of course, even this tepid implication isn't true -- one person can name a star through starregistry.com, and another person can name the same star through starwishing.com. (And who knows how many other star naming "services" there are out there?)
In that sense, they do kinda-sorta imply "ownership" which isn't the case.
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That's what I meant. I bet that they don't name the star twice in their own directory. But then again, maybe they'll decide that so many people want Polaris named after them that they split it into acerage, or maybe sunspots. More likely, the same company will publish a new book periodically, so that each publishing is an independent registry. See, the legal mind at work.
JPax