Asteroid named after Thomas Pynchon

[Dave Monroe]

On 11/22/13, walcom77 <walcom77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm an Italian amateur astronomer. My main interest are comets and
> asteroids, the so-called Small Bodies of the Solar System. Since 2005
> I discovered a number of asteroids. Names for asteroids are proposed
> by the discoverer of a specific object after the object is numbered.
> Recently I named one of my discoveries after Thomas Pynchon, to honor
> this extraordinary writer.
>
> If you can find all the info about the new asteroid "Pynchon" here:
>
> http://bit.ly/1jruZfl

http://io9.com/there-is-now-an-asteroid-named-after-thomas-pyncheon-1469723603
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