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- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
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- Subject: Re: Naming asteriods question..
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:54:33 +0000
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- In article <BzxqsF.E1o@cs.dal.ca> andromed@Hail.ATM.Dal.Ca writes:
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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
- >.....
- > Mike Boschat
- >JOHN F. KENNEDY
- > ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
- >
-
- As far as I know, the discoverer of an asteroid can call it whatever
- he or she wants, can't they? I guess the fact that nobody's called an
- asteroid after Lenin or JFK says a lot about peoples' opinion of
- politicians :)
-
- Chris
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