Three thousand stars could be named, one for each person who died that day.

No one expects to look out and really see the star named for them.

A star and a mountain were named after him.

Finally, there are a few stars named after people.

The stars in the sky weren't named for movie stars?

But each could just as easily be any of a thousand other stars named or merely numbered.

Leaving aside these attempts, the stars named after individuals fall broadly into two groups.

A star named Michael jackson was born on August 29.

A star in the Cassiopeia constellation is named after her.

The remaining examples are mostly stars named after astronomers or astronauts.