asteroid
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To be considered for an asteroid namesake, someone must nominate you, and in Nežič's case, two people put his name forward.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Nežič's asteroid was discovered by "one of the big missions", he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Kelly's asteroid was discovered in Chile, external in 1982.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission traveled to the asteroid, collected material from its surface, and successfully delivered the samples to Earth in 2023.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
They were bronzy gleams of smooth motion against the shadowy crags of the airless asteroid.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Nežič, who works at the planetarium as a tours and outreach officer, said he thought it was "so cool" when he learned that asteroids can be named after people.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
NASA’s La Cañada Flintridge-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory built this snakelike machine with the goal of one day using it to explore difficult-to-reach places on other planets, moons or asteroids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Over time, some of these growing bodies became asteroids and planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The "capture" hypothesis, meanwhile, postulates that the moons are asteroids pulled in by Mars's gravity.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The rest of our family and friends are asteroids and comets floating around the planets orbiting the Sun.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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