Distant Asteroid Named For Myron Cope
By Thejim
12 Jun 2008 10:28 pm
In today's WTF department, a scientist named Dr. Eric Mamajek received approval from the International Astronomical Union recently to name a 3-mile wide asteroid after the late Steelers' announcer, Myron Cope. The celestial body in question, or more specifically, minor planet, is in orbit around the sun between Mars and Jupiter, between 88 and 387 [...]





