Dibs

An asteroid has been named after the billionaire novelist, according to the U.K.’s Daily Record. Astronomer Mark Hammergren, who works at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, discovered asteroid 43844. Having begun reading the Harry Potter series two years ago, he wanted to name his new find after the author and submitted his proposal to the proper authorities. “Now it has been officially renamed Asteroid Rowling after the the Edinburgh-based writer,” reports the Daily Record. This news shares a page on the paper’s Web site with a story headlined “Arm Is Torn Off.” The story goes: “A man’s arm was torn off as he was towed across a lake at high speed on a waterbed. Dutchman Chris Vandenhoff, 33, was on Marker Lake in central Holland when his arm got tangled in the tow rope.” … Just so you know what is of equal importance to celestial events involving J.K. Rowling.