Ep. 657: Astronomical Naming Schemes
Astronomy Cast
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Asteroid Named After a Person Who Did Excellent Things. Yeah.
Asteroid Fraser Cane was the 150,092 second asteroid that was discovered. The name commemorates someone who is good and noble and has done excellent things. Exoplanets get names according to their distance or their discovery order from their main star.
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