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Asteroids Named After Tom Lehrer and 'Weird Al' Yankovic

What happened

"Weird Al" Yankovic's name has just been approved for a new asteroid — (14331) Alyankovic = 1981 EC26 — by the International Astronomical Union, reports Space.com. Yankovic's asteroid was championed by planetary scientist Allison McGraw joined by "several heavy hitters in the planetar...

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Asteroids named after Tom Lehrer and 'Weird Al' YankovicHacker News1 h ago
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