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

[David Hardy]

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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