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- From: andromed@Hail.ATM.Dal.Ca (Mike Boschat)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Naming asteriods question..
- Message-ID: <BzxqsF.E1o@cs.dal.ca>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 20:41:02 GMT
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- Why cannot asteriods be named after political leaders, like
- JFK, RFK. I see one named for Dr.Martin Luther King...so
- why not the two Kennedys', and P.Trudeau one of our
- Canadian Prime Ministers.
- Would we be so childish that a war would start over naming
- an asteriod after someone ? example.."name it Lenin."..
- "No, its going to be Lincon."...
- "No, Lenin.."
- "No, Lincon.."
- goes on for a few hours till one side threatens the other with
- nuclear war...?????
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- Thanks in advance...
- Clear skies
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- Mike Boschat
- JOHN F. KENNEDY
- ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
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