Ronn Blankenship wrote: > "(8990) Compassion = 1980 DN > Discovered 1980 Feb. 19 at the Klet Observatory. > Named by the Committee for Small-Body Nomenclature to honor > the compassion of people around the world for the friends > and families of the of disasters, exemplified by the > terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on 2001 Sept. > 11, with the hope that they will overcome their .
I sure hope that's not an Earth-crossing asteroid. I'd hate to get killed by an asteroid named Compassion... ;-) ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Startide: Steve Sloan's Pages ================> http://www.sloan3d.com Brin-L list pages ........................... Chmeee's POV-Ray Objects 3D and Drawing Galleries ....................... Science fiction scans Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links ................ Software
