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- Sci-Fi Author Iain M. Banks Gets Asteroid Named after Him http://minorplanetcenter.net/blog/sci-fi-author-iain-m-banks-gets-asteroid-named-after-him/ 22 comments
- A live simulation of the solar system with over 100, 000 objects that I have been working on for 3 months. Now publicly available. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpc.html 32 comments space
- The IAU has approved an official name for the newly discovered interstellar asteroid: 'Oumuamua, from the Hawaiian for "scout" https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/k17/k17v17.html 6 comments space
- Comet of record-high velocity announced, possibly the first known Interstellar comet. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/k17/k17ui1.html 22 comments space
- Pluto is not the end of new things to explore, it is the beginning. Meet 2015FG345, a Kuiper belt object discovered just this month. With an absolute magnitude of 4.9, it could be a dwarf planet if its albedo is low enough. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/tnos.html 8 comments space
- Asteroid 5099 now named Ianbanks after science fiction author http://minorplanetcenter.net/blog/sci-fi-author-iain-m-banks-gets-asteroid-named-after-him/ 6 comments space