[AZ-Observing] Re: Asteroid To Be Named After Trayvon Martin, Lowell Observatory

  • From: Paul Lind <pulind@xxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:13:27 -0400 (EDT)

Sounds pretty inappropriate. Lowell has the right to name its own asteroids, 
but how about naming them after the 3000  9/11 victims?  And throw in a few 
famous murder victims like Abe Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Martin Luther King, 
Nicole Simpson, and then add a few "unfortunate" overdose victims, famous 
people like Jimi Hendrix and Elvis. Actually, I thought it was customary to 
name asteroids for mythological characters and astronomers, and in a rare case 
for the discoverer's cat. But not a non-astronomical shooting victim.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeffx@xxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:33:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [AZ-Observing]  Asteroid To Be Named After Trayvon Martin, Lowell 
Observatory

I hope this is not true.

See 
http://www.mrconservative.com/2013/09/24047-asteroid-to-be-named-after-trayvon-martin/
Jeff

Hopkins Phoenix Observatory
(187283)
Counting Photons
Phoenix, Arizona
www.hposoft.com/Astro/astro.html
(187283)


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