As the world continues to mourn the tremendous loss of SOPHIE, who passed away this weekend following an accident in Athens, fans are asking for the Scottish producer's otherworldly legacy to be honored in space.
A new petition created by Christian Arroyo asks for NASA to consider naming the recently discovered planet TOI 1339 b after SOPHIE, due to the aesthetic similarities between the planet and SOPHIE's visual lexicon. "On the cover art for [OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES, SOPHIE sits surrounded by water in an ethereal setting," writes Arroyo in the petition. "Recently revealed images of TOI-1338 b [...] bear a resemblance to the setting pictured on the cover." TOI 1339 b was discovered by 17-year-old student Wolf Cukier in early 2020,.
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