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minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoDo we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoNo, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoGive it a thousand years, then it’s classical mythology. That’s free game. That’s where we got Mars, Saturn, Jupiter etc.
Do we name asteroids after hobbits, then?
No, but we’ve come close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2675_Tolkien
Give it a thousand years, then it’s classical mythology. That’s free game. That’s where we got Mars, Saturn, Jupiter etc.