YEREVAN. - Ownership of the sun by anyone is, at least, absurd, said director of the Byurakan Observatory in Armenia Hayk Harutunyan.

Earlier El Mundo reported that Spanish Angeles Duran, 49, registered herself in public notary as the owner of the sun. 

“When I heard it I just laughed,” Harutunyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“It is impossible to own the sun or the moon and any person can file a relevant lawsuit,” he said commenting on reports there is an international agreement banning the states from claiming ownership of planets or stars but not restricting that right of individuals.

The scientist stressed that organizations selling planets or stars must realize that these agreements have no legal basis. 

Harutunyan noted that over dozen of minor planets have Armenian names.