Name actors for asteroids

An asteroid named actor George Takei, in the movie "Star Trek" - The Star Wars. The planet is one of the most unpleasant wells for any spacecraft because of the asteroid belt.

An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter was renamed 7307 Takei . Takei is the name of a very famous actor in the role of Hikaru Sulu in the original television and movie series " Star Trek " - The Star Wars.

"I am now a man walking in the clouds. My name is given to an asteroid . in the blue sky and airy," said 70-year-old actor George Takei.

Capital in 1994, that meteorite was discovered by two Japanese astronauts, and bearing the 1994 GT9 symbol. By early October 2007, 1994 GT9 was renamed 7307 Takei.

An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter was renamed 7307 Takei.George Takei is one of the famous actors starring in the movie " Star Trek " - The Star Wars. (Photo: Comedycentral.com)

7307 Takei has joined the list of a series of famous asteroids, such as the other two asteroids named 4659 Roddenberry (the name of an entertainment program creator - Gene Roddenberry) and asteroids. 68410 Nichols (one of the main actors of the movie Lt. Uhura - Nichelle Nichols). In addition, some asteroids are named as scientific novelists Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.

The name 7307 Takei is recognized by the International Astronomical Union of Committee on Small Body Nomenclature (IAU). Currently, the association has a list of about 14,000 named asteroids and about 165,000 other asteroids being identified and numbered.

Unlike tens of thousands of other websites that offer to sell ownership of asteroids to stars, the IAU Review Council through asteroids names is actually used by astronomers.

"7307 Takei will be a permanent name," said Tom Burbine, a professor of astronomy at Mount Holyoke University in Massachusetts.

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