> we seem to impose ethnocentrism on everything, no matter how remote
Because A5236 is so much better.
We either give random designations or non-random ones. Random ones are hard to remember. Non-random ones will obviously be named in a manner that makes it easier to remember, otherwise why go non-random? So if you're naming something with the goal of making it easy to remember, then yes, you're going to name it after something that it resembles, however slightly.
Please put the political correctness back on the shelf.
Because A5236 is so much better.
We either give random designations or non-random ones. Random ones are hard to remember. Non-random ones will obviously be named in a manner that makes it easier to remember, otherwise why go non-random? So if you're naming something with the goal of making it easy to remember, then yes, you're going to name it after something that it resembles, however slightly.
Please put the political correctness back on the shelf.