Asteroid named after Thomas Pynchon

[Dave Monroe]

On 11/23/13, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/22/13, walcom77 <walcom77 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/asteroid-named-after-thomas-pynchon
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