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In the News (Mon 6 Jul 09)

  
  Books | Planetary tribute to Hitch Hiker author as Arthurdent named
Arthur Dent was the bewildered young Englishman who found himself transported into extraterrestrial stardom just as his home planet was demolished for a hyperspace bypass in the first chapter of the adventure by Douglas Adams, who died at 49 last Friday.
Arthurdent was proposed by Felix Hormuth, of the Starkenburg Observatory in Germany, who spotted the space rock.
The announcement from the minor planet centre said: "The earthling Arthur Dent is confronted with the adversities of life, the universe and everything in a highly amusing and entertaining way in Douglas Adams's famous five volume trilogy...
books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4187443-99819,00.html   (376 words)

  
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22.Jun.2001 21:20:26 Re: astroid 18610 ~ Arthurdent - RichardT
25.Jun.2001 07:31:09 Re: astroid 18610 ~ Arthurdent - Iain
25.Jun.2001 09:47:06 Re: asteroid 18610 ~ Arthurdent - Jules
www.douglasadams.com /cgi-bin/mboard/info/thread.cgi?11839,1   (112 words)

  
 Inert Ramblings: Douglas Adams - The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide
A longtime fan of Douglas Adams, it was confirmed on May 09, 2001 that he was to name Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent after the hero and protagonist of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the...
A longtime fan of Douglas Adams, it was confirmed on May 09, 2001 that he was to name Asteroid 18610 Arthurdent after the hero and protagonist of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Only two days before his death, approval was given to name asteroid 18610 Arthurdent after the hero of the series.
www.inertramblings.com /archives/000400.html   (194 words)

  
 18610 Arthurdent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
18610 Arthurdent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
18610 Arthurdent is a small (additional info and facts about main belt) main belt (Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)) asteroid.
The name was officially announced on May 9, 2001, two days before (A mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)) Adams died of a heart attack.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/18/18610_arthurdent.htm   (142 words)

  
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Subject: Re: Asteroid (18610) Arthurdent (8 of 8)
My generation have more or less learnt to read in Saint-Exupery's "Le Petit Prince" (I'm french, nobody's perfect), at the end of which the narrator, alone in the desert, looks at the stars, wondering which one the Little Prince has gone back to after the serpent bit him.
28.May.2001 12:40:57 Re: Asteroid (18610) Arthurdent - Glenn Miller
www.douglasadams.com /cgi-bin/mboard/info/thread.cgi?11161,7   (168 words)

  
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Subject: astroid 18610 ~ Arthurdent (1 of 5)
Since it is not moving fast expostures seperated by about 20 minutes or so will be necessary according to nemeci.
With astroid Arthurdent becoming visible on February 1, 2002 and Hoopy
www.douglasadams.com /cgi-bin/mboard/info/thread.cgi?11839,0   (195 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
4593 Reipurth -- 4769 Castalia -- 5145 Pholus -- 5261 Eureka -- 5381 Sekhmet -- 5535 Annefrank -- 7066 Nessus -- 11169 Alkon -- 18610 Arthurdent -- 28978 Ixion -- 50000 Quaoar -- 90377 Sedna -- 90482 Orcus --...
4593 Reipurth -- 4769 Castalia -- 5145 Pholus -- 5261 Eureka -- 5381 Sekhmet -- 5535 Annefrank -- 7066 Nessus -- 11169 Alkon -- 18610 Arthurdent -- 28978 Ixion -- A A New Theory of Magnetic Storms -- A-type...
4593 Reipurth -- 4769 Castalia -- 5145 Pholus -- 5261 Eureka -- 5381 Sekhmet -- 5535 Annefrank -- 7066 Nessus -- 11169 Alkon -- 18610 Arthurdent -- 28978 Ixion -- A A New Theory of Magnetic Storms...
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Humorist Douglas Adams is gone but his fictional hero lives on in a newly-named asteroid
Humorist Douglas Adams is gone, but the hero of his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy lives on, as the name of asteroid 18610 Arthurdent.
The new name was among 206 announced May 9 by the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but word apparently never reached Adams, who died of a heart attack on May 11, aged 49.
science.box.sk /newsread_print.php?newsid=290   (103 words)

  
 sundaytimes.co.za :: Home of the Sunday Times :: South Africa's best selling newspaper ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The actor Stephen Fry was one of many people who posted tributes on Adams's website, saying "Oh, Douglas, you've left the party far, far too early."
Adams died before receiving the news that an asteroid had been officially named after his hero: asteroid 18610 Arthurdent.
Victor is hoping that Disney will get the movie going again, but says the studio had got cold feet with the budget shooting skywards and an actors' strike looming.
www.sundaytimes.co.za /2001/06/03/books/shelf.asp   (335 words)

  
 Cambridge Conference Correspondence
Arthurdent was announced by the Minor Planet Center.
You may have heard the sad news that Douglas Adams passed away last Friday.
By accident on the same day the naming of minor planet (18610) Arthurdent
abob.libs.uga.edu /bobk/ccc/cc051401.html   (6487 words)

  
 Angels from Another Pin
The Mob, sleazy business, and Kevin Mitnick, all in one article.
Although he didn't live to see it, Douglas Adams has been honored by the naming of asteroid 18610 Arthurdent.
A scientist named Ronald Mallett has a theory that you can create a closed, time-like loop (a time loop, for all you Dr. Who fans) with two powerful beams of light.
cinxia.com /afap/idxMay01.htm   (1976 words)

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