About Quote by Carrie Nugent

Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one.

— Carrie Nugent

Naming celestial objects is usually done by astronomers and professionals. Other people who are interested in space never get the opportunity to do that…

— Alan Stern

Why are hemorrhoids called hemorrhoids and asteroids called asteroids? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was the other way around? But if that…

— Robert Schimmel

We've actually named asteroids for other famous women in history, like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth. But it's really this Malala one…

— Carrie Nugent

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a haemorrhoid when it's on the outside of your…

— Billy Connolly

There are thousands of asteroids whose orbit in the Solar System crosses that of Earth. And we have a little acronym for them -…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!

— Anonymous

I am always cautious about naming the known, as we often forget to hold in regard those whose names will never be known to…

— Joan Halifax

I think the public perception about asteroids is that they're kind of metaphors for acts of God, the fact that we have no control…

— Carrie Nugent

Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.

— Jack Horner

'Earth' is a silly name for this planet.

— Graham Hawkes

I think we've seen a lot of examples of giving a name its own definition in the dot-com world. Amazon, Google, Yahoo - these…

— David Carson