Wil Wheaton is an asteroid!

[Philip Guyott]

Ron Baalke of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has named an asteroid after Wil Wheaton for his role in Star Trek.

www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-star-trek-wil-wheaton-wesley-crusher/

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Hopefully Wil Wheaton won't destroy all life on earth!

If you had a chance to name an object in space what would you call it?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Beats me. I wonder if his asteroid will wind up being referenced on an okudagram in Discovery...

 

[Silvercrest]

Wil Wheaton is an asteroid

Try Preparation H.
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Wait, what?

 

[The Wormhole]

I feel as though when talking about this asteroid, Wheaton should be pronounced the Stewie Griffin way.

 

[UnknownSample]

Hopefully Wil Wheaton won't destroy all life on earth!

LOL. It could happen!

 

[tharpdevenport]

Oh, please, somebody name one: Shut Up, Wesley!

 

[Ronald Held]

Why not, other Trek stars have had asteroids named after them. I suppose I should search for all of them...

 

[publiusr]

Well a traveller indeed.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

We should check if there are any Q trapped inside the asteroid.

 

[at Quark's]

Oh, please, somebody name one: Shut Up, Wesley!

Fortunately, there is no sound in space

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Why not, other Trek stars have had asteroids named after them.

Takei, Nicholls and Roddenberry are three. Dunno if there's any more.

 

[ST-321]

I blogged about Star Trek & asteroids last summer. It is partly about how they were portrayed and partly about who connected with Trek has had an asteroid named for them. I guess I need to update it now. Here's the link if anyone is interested: http://visiblesuns.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-asteroids-of-star-trek.html

 

[tharpdevenport]

If we name one after Shatner, do we call it a Shateroid?

 

[luckysurfer]

whats wrong with will?? i like him.