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Old 05-03-2003, 07:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Asteroid named in honor of Mr. Rogers

Asteroid Honors Mr. Rogers
May 2, 5:49 AM EST

(Associated Press) -- Mister Rogers now has an asteroid named in his honor.

"Misterrogers," formerly known as No. 26858, honors Fred Rogers, creator and host of public television's "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Rogers died Feb. 27 at age 74.

"I doubt that there are many who have not been touched in some way by the life and work of Fred Rogers," said John G. Radzilowicz, director of the Henry Buhl Jr. Planetarium & Observatory at the Carnegie Science Center, which made the announcement Thursday.

The science center worked with Family Communications Inc., the production company Rogers founded, to produce a planetarium show for preschoolers called "The Sky Above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." The show now plays at 15 planetariums across the country.

"Misterrogers" can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and is about 218 million miles from the sun, which it takes about 3 1/2 years to orbit. It was discovered in 1993 by E.F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California.

The International Astronomical Union names comets, asteroids and surface features such as moon craters after individuals. The honors cannot be bought, and they are based on merits judged by the astronomers.

LONG LIVE MR. ROGERS!

What are your thoughts on this?
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Old 05-03-2003, 09:33 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hello Neighbor.

I would find it amusing if this is the one that crashes into earth and kills all mankind.
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Old 05-04-2003, 07:50 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Aww c'mon now.. I love Mr. Rogers. He wouldn't do that.
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Old 05-04-2003, 09:13 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Is there any celebrity past or present who was as decent as Fred Rogers? The man you saw on camera was the man in real life. It's tough to believe these days...but he was a genuinely decent individual.

I hope that he is honored in many more ways.

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It's such a happy feeling, you're growing inside...."
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Old 05-04-2003, 10:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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There are so many things to name in space that at least 137 of them should be named after Mr. Rogers. I don't know exactly what you meant Plummie when you asked what we thought about that. But I think it is a nice, fitting, but somewhat meaningless honor.
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Old 05-05-2003, 10:51 AM   #6 (permalink)
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As long as he stays out of the neighborhood, I'm okay with it.

But he deserved more - like a star, or something.
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