{"id":829,"date":"2008-04-02T21:37:05","date_gmt":"2008-04-02T20:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/04\/02\/peezed-gets-an-asteroid-named-after-him\/"},"modified":"2008-04-02T21:37:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-02T20:37:05","slug":"peezed-gets-an-asteroid-named-after-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/04\/02\/peezed-gets-an-asteroid-named-after-him\/","title":{"rendered":"PeeZed gets an asteroid named after him!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/neo.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/toutatis.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/neo.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/toutatis1.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"Toutatis asteroid from JPL\" align='right' hspace='10' vspace='10' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Every science nerd hopes to get something named after them, with the mostly likely candidates being small invertebrates or small celestial bodies as there are lots of both still without names.<\/p>\n<p>As further proof of how cool <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/\">PeeZed<\/a> is, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/03\/look_up.php\">he just got an asteroid named after him<\/a>!  The little rock formally known as 153298 is now &#8220;paulmyers&#8221;, which is certainly easier to remember for the test.  <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2008\/03\/25\/blogger\">Visit MPR for an interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(The asteroid in the photo isn&#8217;t &#8220;paulmyers&#8221;; it&#8217;s a photo of the Toutatis asteroid from JPL.)<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/blog\/\" title=\"blog\">blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/peezed\/\" title=\"PeeZed\">PeeZed<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/radio\/\" title=\"Radio\">Radio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/science\/\" title=\"Science\">Science<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/space\/\" title=\"space\">space<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/12\/13\/no-i-really-do-think-we-need-a-science-debate\/\" title=\"No, I really <em>do<\/em> think we need a science debate (13 Dec 07)\">No, I really <em>do<\/em> think we need a science debate<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/22\/never-underestimate-the-stupidity-of-stupid-people\/\" title=\"Never underestimate the stupidity of stupid people (22 Mar 08)\">Never underestimate the stupidity of stupid people<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every science nerd hopes to get something named after them, with the mostly likely candidates being small invertebrates or small celestial bodies as there are lots of both still without names. As further proof of how cool PeeZed is, he just got an asteroid named after him! The little rock formally known as 153298 is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/04\/02\/peezed-gets-an-asteroid-named-after-him\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PeeZed gets an asteroid named after him!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[17,11,15],"tags":[33,287,858,866,305],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-dn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":816,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/22\/never-underestimate-the-stupidity-of-stupid-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":829,"position":0},"title":"Never underestimate the stupidity of stupid people","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"22 Mar 08","format":false,"excerpt":"While I've been utterly swamped with Jess's visit (here and there), preparing for EuroGP and the book release, and various random deadlines, life has (strangely enough) continued around me. 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