Congrats! Stephen Fry gets an asteroid named after him

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Activist and broadcaster Stephen Fry has expressed excitement after having an asteroid named after him.


The 57-year-old tweeted yesterday to give thanks to Ron Baalke, of the Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab.

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5190 Fry, which was discovered in 1990, was recently named after the actor. It lies in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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Baalke also has an asteroid named after him – number 6524.

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Two years ago, Fry tweeted about an asteroid being named after German composer Wagner, saying: “Wagner is truly out of this world. he has an asteroid named after him.”

 

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