[Nottingham] Linux goes astronomical: 9885 Linux (1994 TM14)

[Jim Moore]

A recent poll on where people would like to see an NEO impact rated
Bill Gates' forehead at #1.
Strange but true.

On 2/12/10, Bob Marshall <mbob71 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Martin - I can't see them naming a minor plane 'Windows 7' any time
> soon!
>
> --- On Fri, 12/2/10, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:
>
> From: Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk>
> Subject: [Nottingham] Linux goes astronomical: 9885 Linux (1994 TM14)
> To: "NLUG" <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Date: Friday, 12 February, 2010, 12:53
>
> Folks,
>
> An interesting little snippet...
>
> Linux has got a heavenly body named after it:
>
> http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?orb=1;sstr=9885
>
> ####
> 9885 Linux
> Discovered 1994 Oct. 12 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
>
> The Linux operating system was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The
> source code for Linux was placed on the Internet. A massive public
> collaboration resulted in a robust, feature-rich operating system that
> has been used by several minor-planet surveys for data collection and
> analysis.
> ####
>
> (Can't find anything for the other OSes...)
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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