Asteroid 165347 Philplait

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BA Blog: BAsteroid (http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/25/basteroid/)


It is with great honor and no small amount of pride to announce that the asteroid 2000 WG11 shall henceforth be known as asteroid 165347 Philplait.

Blue Collar Scientist: Asteroids Named For PZ Myers, Phil Plait, Rebecca Watson, Michael Stackpole (http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/03/25/asteroids-named-for-pz-myers-phil-plait-rebecca-watson-michael-stackpole/)


2001 FC122, [...] was numbered 153298. It is now officially known as Paulmyers [PZ].

[Dragon Star]

Something will probably change it's trajectory and cause it to collide with earth. And Phil will forever be known as the cause of a natural disaster.:p:D

[Trocisp]

I think it would rock to have the asteroid that destroys civilization as we know it named after you.

[KaiYeves]

Something will probably change it's trajectory and cause it to collide with earth. And Phil will forever be known as the cause of a natural disaster.
Let's hope not. Then the rabid cultists will come after us for being Phil's friends.

[Dragon Star]

Let's hope not. Then the rabid cultists will come after us for being Phil's friends.

Don't worry, the Illuminati will protect you. :razz:

[KaiYeves]

Don't worry, the Illuminati will protect you.
There are no Illuminati. Well, unless you live in a Tomb Raider movie.

[Trocisp]

There are no Illuminati. Well, unless you live in a Tomb Raider movie.Or National treasure.

[Noclevername]

BA Blog: BAsteroid (http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/25/basteroid/)



Blue Collar Scientist: Asteroids Named For PZ Myers, Phil Plait, Rebecca Watson, Michael Stackpole (http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/03/25/asteroids-named-for-pz-myers-phil-plait-rebecca-watson-michael-stackpole/)

:clap::clap::clap:

:dance:

:cool:

[AtomicDog]

"That 165347 Philplait is one baaad aster-"

"Shut yo' mouth!"

"But I'm talkin' 'bout Phil!"

"We can dig it!"

[Trocisp]

"That 165347 Philplait is one baaad aster-"

"Shut yo' mouth!"

"But I'm talkin' 'bout Phil!"

"We can dig it!"Is that One-Six-Five-Three-Four-Seven, or 165,347? When spoken aloud.

[tony873004]

Philplait is in a near 42:13 resonance with Jupiter, so it makes a cool pattern in a frame rotated with Jupiter's period.
Yellow (center): Sun
Gray: Mercury
White: Venus
Blue/Gray: Earth & Moon
Orange: Mars
Green: Philplait
Magenta: Jupiter (tracing an oval around its average position in a rotating frame designed to keep it still)

http://orbitsimulator.com/BA/philplait.GIF

[KaiYeves]

Cool! It looks like Philplait's orbit is some sort of woven something!

[dcolanduno_old]

Welcome to the club Phil! :)

[antoniseb]

Nice!

[3488]

Congratulations Phil Plait.

You deserve this honour very much & its a name that will stay for ever. As long as there are humans, your name will live on with the asteroid.

Well done, you deserve it.

JPL Orbital diagram & elements here (http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2000%20WG11%20;orb=1;cov=0;log=0#orb ). Apparently the asteroid is one kilometre in diameter.

Also I will see if I can get a feature named for you perhaps on Mercury or one of the Saturn moons, as more craters' hills, etc are found & will need naming. I often communicate with JPL & APL, so I will put a word in.

Andrew Brown.

[hhEb09'1]

BAsteroidI know the BA can say that, but can we? :)

[KLA2]

Congratulations, Phil Plait. Now everyone can look up to you ... :razz:

Well deserved. :cool:

[KaiYeves]

Congratulations, Phil Plait. Now everyone can look up to you ...
Comedic gold!