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[Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>]

Our friend Dave Healy has named one of his asteroid discoveries after Jenn!  
She wanted asteroid number 867-5309, but we can't wait long enough for that 
asteroid number to become available.

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> Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:38:27 -0700
> From: David Healy 
> Jenn,
> 
> It's official!  Asteroid (146268) Jennipolakis (sorry, Dr. Marsden 
> insisted on the contraction) is prominently blazing away at magnitude 
> 22.7 in Orion.  If this makes you feel insignificant, check out the URL 
> from JPL and run the animation--it will show just the important bodies 
> of the inner solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jennipolakis, Mars and 
> Jupiter. 
> 
> http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=146268;orb=1;cov=0#orb
> 
> I printed out a really official ephemeris for Jennipolakis from the 
> Minor Planet Center.  Snail-mailing it to you.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> D
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