Posted by pickleweasel at 141.238.108.85 on May 05, 2003 at 12:28:32:
In Reply to: Asteroid to be named after Fred Rogers: posted by Lord Bullingdon on May 05, 2003 at 09:27:16:
: Out of respect to our late neighbor, Mr. Ben Affleck will not be
destroying this one.
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: Asteroid named after Mister Rogers
: Friday, May 2, 2003 Posted: 12:05 PM EDT (1605 GMT)
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: • International Astronomical Union
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: PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Mister Rogers now has an
asteroid named in his honor.
: "Misterrogers," formerly known as No. 26858, honors Fred Rogers,
creator and host of public television's "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."
Rogers died February 27 at age 74.
: "I doubt that there are many who have not been touched in some
way by the life and work of Fred Rogers," said John G. Radzilowicz,
director of the Henry Buhl Jr. Planetarium & Observatory at the
Carnegie Science Center, which made the announcement Thursday.
: The science center worked with Family Communications Inc., the
production company Rogers founded, to produce a planetarium
show for preschoolers called "The Sky Above Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood." The show now plays at 15 planetariums across the
country.
: "Misterrogers" can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter,
and is about 218 million miles from the sun, which it takes about
31/2 years to orbit.
: It was discovered in 1993 by E.F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory
in California.
: The International Astronomical Union names comets, asteroids and
surface features such as moon craters after individuals.
: The honors cannot be bought, and they are based on merits judged
by the astronomers.