[meteorite-list] Slightly OT: latest asteroid naming batch

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jan 27 03:55:09 2005
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B31244AC9_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

The original Radio series is by far the best! imho....



-----Original Message-----
From: David Hardy [mailto:mdavidhardy_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:43 PM
To: Matson, Robert; Meteorite Mailing List
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Slightly OT: latest asteroid naming batch

I saw recently where "Hitchhiker's" will be coming out in a movie next
summer.
Should be better than the BBC's series!

DH


--- "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Thought I'd share this as I know a number of you are fans of the
author.
> I'm very pleased to report that _Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe_
author
> Douglas Adams has had an asteroid named after him in this month's
Minor
> Planet Center naming batch:
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6867061
>
> While visiting Boston a year and half ago, I stopped in to see Brian
Marsden
> and most of the primary staff at the MPC at Harvard. Among the things
we
> talked about were some deserving people who had not yet been honored
with
> an asteroid namesake. Douglas Adams was on my short list (and/or some
of
> his more colorful book characters). As mentioned in the article
above,
> Arthur Dent had already been taken care of -- just days before Adams
died
> of a heart attack at the young age of 49.
>
> I'm especially overjoyed by the choice of asteroid for Adams. The
asteroid
> itself isn't anything special or out of the ordinary, but its
preliminary
> designation is tailor-made for Adams: 2001 DA42. (He died in 2001,
and
> anyone who has read the books knows the significance of the number 42
-- the
> ultimate answer to the question of life, the universe and everything!)
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
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