Is it true theres an asteroid named after Mike Oldfield? Was it because of TSODE?
In 1994, an asteroid (minor planet) was named after Mike Oldfield. Mike explained, “Somebody in the States discovered 3 asteroids and he was a bit of a music fan, and I think Mick Jagger got one, I got one, and David Bowie got one.” (From the interview at: http://tubular.net/articles/98_09.html) The name was assigned in April 1994, having been proposed some two months earlier. Mike has been interested in astronomy, Star Trek, and Sci-Fi since an early age. In my opinion, TSODE has no connection with naming an asteroid after Mike. More information about the asteroid can be found at: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/special/Oldfield.html and http://www.adams.net/~pleiades/asteroid.html. Minor planets are the natural space-junk of the solar system. Most, including 5656, reside in the asteroid belt, but some are Earth crossers (the Apollo asteroids) and some reside in the Lagrange points in the orbits of the planets; e.g., the Trojan asteroids which orbit in Jupiter’s orbit. A Lagrange po
In 1994, an asteroid (minor planet) was named after Mike Oldfield. Mike explained, “Somebody in the States discovered 3 asteroids and he was a bit of a music fan, and I think Mick Jagger got one, I got one, and David Bowie got one.” (From the interview at: http://tubular.net/articles/98_09.html) The name 5656 Oldfield was assigned in April 1994, having been proposed some two months earlier. TSODE therefore would therefore have no connection with naming the asteroid after Mike. More information about the asteroid can be found at: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/special/Oldfield.html and http://www.adams.net/~pleiades/asteroid.html. Minor planets are the natural space-junk of the solar system. Most, including 5656 Oldfield, reside in the asteroid belt, but some are Earth crossers (the Apollo asteroids) and some reside in the Lagrange points in the orbits of the planets; e.g., the Trojan asteroids which orbit in Jupiter’s orbit. A Lagrange point is either 60 degrees preceding or 60 degr
In 1994, an asteroid (minor planet) was named after Mike Oldfield. Mike explained, “Somebody in the States discovered 3 asteroids and he was a bit of a music fan, and I think Mick Jagger got one, I got one, and David Bowie got one.” (From the interview at: http://tubular.net/articles/98_09.html) The name 5656 Oldfield was assigned in April 1994, having been proposed some two months earlier. TSODE therefore would therefore have no connection with naming the asteroid after Mike. More information about the asteroid can be found at: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/special/rocknroll/0005656.html. Minor planets are the natural space-junk of the solar system. Most, including 5656 Oldfield, reside in the asteroid belt, but some are Earth crossers (the Apollo asteroids) and some reside in the Lagrange points in the orbits of the planets; e.g., the Trojan asteroids which orbit in Jupiter’s orbit. A Lagrange point is either 60 degrees preceding or 60 degrees following the planet as the planet r
