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This is a list of named minor planets (mostly asteroids), with links to the Wikipedia articles on the people, places, characters and concepts that they are named after.
See also
- List of asteroids
- List of asteroids named after people
- List of asteroids named after places
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Do you know what it?s like to be deeply, unbearably in love, all the while aware that you can never completely trust the object of your affection? I would wager that Edward Albee and Tom Stoppard do, almost to the point of delirium.
A student of America is put to the test (The Charlotte Observer)
Spell your last name. How many children do you have? Why do you want to become an American citizen? Lyubov Berezhnyak had studied for five years, but the first time she took the U.S. citizenship test, it was over in three questions, almost as soon as it began. Her hands shake when she's nervous. They shook that day. The examiner failed her. Said she didn't speak English well enough. ...
Tag: opposition (ZDNet Australia)
After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch. Nuclear Fusion mimics the reactions that occur in the sun to create safe, clean nuclear energy. Sound like hot air?
Surfers love 'Surf's Up' (Los Angeles Times)
The animated flick was a bit of a washout at the box office, but real wave riders gave it a thumbs-up. And now maybe Oscar will too. CROWDED into a theater on Oahu's famed North Shore were some of the world's best big-wave riders. They'd been invited to preview Hollywood's latest stab at a surf movie, and there were plenty of skeptics on hand.