Maybe it can just swing past past the Earth and create a weather change to push out the dang clouds we've had for the last several months. :-) David Hofland Director, Student Services - BSN hofland@xxxxxxx 256-782-5276 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Harshaw" <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx> To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 4:18:24 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Asteroid Wasn't there a sci-fi novel years ago about something like this... "Lucifer's Hammer" I believe? Great read! Richard Harshaw Cave Creek, Arizona -----Original Message----- From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stan Gorodenski Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:05 PM To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Asteroid Actually, I've heard from a reliable source that 17250 might be the one. I don't recall if it has been named after anyone. :-) Stan On 2/2/2010 2:52 PM, Wayne Westlake wrote: > Congrats! > > "Hope this isn't the one that plunges into the Earth and nearly wipes > out civilization" > > Well if it is, we've made the first step necessary to stop it. Now we > just need to recruit a ragtag bunch of wisecracking redneck oil rig > drillers.... > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Stan Gorodenski<stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Congratulations! Hope this isn't the one that plunges into the Earth and >> nearly wipes out civilization. :-) >> Stan >> >> >> On 2/2/2010 2:37 PM, Richard Harshaw wrote: >> >>> Hey, all. I just got the word--- an asteroid has been named after me (by >>> Rik >>> Hill of the Catalina Sky Survey). #26586, aka 2000 EF116). >>> >>> >>> >>> I know that Gene Lucas and Tom Polakis also have space rocks named for >>> them-who else? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard Harshaw >>> >>> Cave Creek, Arizona >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >