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George Takei Now an Asteroid 181

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 04, 2007 @02:59AM from the lock-phasers-on-gimmick dept.

ineedbettername writes "In recent news, the International Astronomic Union has decided to rename the asteroid "1994 GT9" to 7307 Takei in honor of George Takei, the actor who played Sulu in Star Trek. He now joins the ranks of other famous sci-fi figures in space, such as 4659 Roddenberry, 68410 Nichols, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov."

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An asteroid? (Score:5, Funny)

by geminidomino ( 614729 ) * writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:03AM (#20848627) Journal

Hey may be getting a little soft in the middle, but come on... that's overstating things a bit.

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Loaded headline (Score:3, Funny)

by edwardpickman ( 965122 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:04AM (#20848637)

To keep things organized please post all gay jokes under this posting. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Re:Loaded headline (Score:5, Funny)

by heinousjay ( 683506 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:05AM (#20848649) Journal

Why? Is the asteroid gay?

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I Have Decided To Reciprocate... (Score:5, Funny)

by patio11 ( 857072 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:07AM (#20848659)

... and name a rock in my backyard after him. Now he has his name applied to two hithertofore anonymous rocks which he will never see.

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Big Star Trek Fan...but.. (Score:4, Funny)

by teebob21 ( 947095 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:09AM (#20848665) Journal

I never knew Gene Roddenberry's first name was really 4659. "Gene" must be a stage name.
Plus, I'm not sure who this Nichols cat is, but Issac Asimov; I know. Now there's a sci-fi guy who's not afraid to use his real name!

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What's next... (Score:2, Funny)

by Neitokun ( 882224 ) writes: <nmalynn@gmail.com> on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:18AM (#20848709) Homepage

Renaming a quasar CowboyNeil?

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And thus begins the jealousy tantrum (Score:5, Funny)

by davmoo ( 63521 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:27AM (#20848743)

I bet Shatner is pissed over this one.

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Oh (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:32AM (#20848763)

my.

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Just in time for Halloween (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:52AM (#20848845)

"All I got was a rock."

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First Uranus joke ... (Score:5, Funny)

by weighn ( 578357 ) writes: <weighn.gmail@com> on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:53AM (#20848855) Homepage

Why? Is the asteroid gay?
Depends if Takei will crash into Uranus.

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Re:What's next... (Score:5, Funny)

by SolitaryMan ( 538416 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @04:00AM (#20848897) Homepage Journal

I think CowboyNeal deserves to have a black hole named after him.

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Re:That's nothing (Score:2, Funny)

by e9th ( 652576 ) writes: <e9th@[ ]odex.com ['tup' in gap]> on Thursday October 04, 2007 @04:58AM (#20849115)

So the Strugackis are now the 3054 brothers?

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Sulu? Who's Sulu? (Score:5, Funny)

by aeschenkarnos ( 517917 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:01AM (#20849129)

Oh! You mean Hiro Nakamura's dad! :)

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Re:First Uranus joke ... (Score:5, Funny)

by clickclickdrone ( 964164 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:10AM (#20849165)

>Depends if Takei will crash into Uranus.
It's the dark matter you have to be wary of.

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Re:And thus begins the jealousy tantrum (Score:5, Funny)

by owlnation ( 858981 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @05:50AM (#20849317)

SSSSuuuuuUUULLLLLuuuu!!!!

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Re:First Uranus joke ... (Score:3, Funny)

by kooky45 ( 785515 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @06:30AM (#20849495)

While he's at Uranus he could pick off a few Klingons.

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Re:In Russia... (Score:1, Funny)

by zrobotics ( 760688 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @06:53AM (#20849631)

Geez....It's in Soviet Russia, r-tard.

C'mon, get your /. memes right. It's only been around for, what, 3 years?

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A small request (Score:3, Funny)

by dkleinsc ( 563838 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @07:17AM (#20849727) Homepage

Please do not plot an intercept course with Earth. Or any Earth space equipment for that matter.

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Wil Wheaton (Score:3, Funny)

by n3tcat ( 664243 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @07:49AM (#20849863)

So when does Wil Wheaton get his own asteroid?

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Re:What's next... (Score:5, Funny)

by caluml ( 551744 ) writes: <slashdot@spamgoe ... minus herbivore> on Thursday October 04, 2007 @07:54AM (#20849899) Homepage

I think CowboyNeal deserves to have a black hole named after him.
G0-AT-5E?

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Re:Loaded headline (Score:4, Funny)

by halivar ( 535827 ) writes: <bfelger&gmail,com> on Thursday October 04, 2007 @08:24AM (#20850081)

You must be new h--

Nice UID.

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Re:Sulu? Who's Sulu? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @08:32AM (#20850167)

Yup. Check out his license plate [majorspoilers.com]

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who didn't start their own religion .. (Score:3, Funny)

by rs232 ( 849320 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @09:10AM (#20850539)

"To keep things organized please post all gay jokes under this posting. Thank you for your cooperation"

'He now joins the ranks of other famous sci-fi figures in space, such as 4659 Roddenberry, 68410 Nichols, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov '

At least they didn't try and start their own religion ..

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Re:First Uranus joke ... (Score:4, Funny)

by lbmouse ( 473316 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @09:34AM (#20850759) Homepage

Professor: "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."
Fry: "Oh. What's it called now?"
Professor: "Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you."

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Re:Wil Wheaton (Score:2, Funny)

by Tablizer ( 95088 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @11:33AM (#20852605) Journal

So when does Wil Wheaton get his own asteroid?

After Jar Jar Binks does. It'll be the one that wipes out humanity and lets cockroaches take over.

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Re:Loaded headline (Score:2, Funny)

by danlock4 ( 1026420 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @12:22PM (#20853433) Journal

Does that make me a bad person?
Of course not. The human mind is naturally (to some extent) and culturally trained to find such juxtaposition (the side-by-side placement of both interpretations of that thought) humorous.

"[...]humour frequently contains an unexpected, often sudden, shift in perspective." --(Humor on Wikipedia [wikipedia.org])

Additionally, the pun in the common comical usage of "Uranus" is evident, making it a lot of us English-speakers laugh, regardless of the level of our respect for Mr. George Takei.

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Re:Loaded headline (Score:4, Funny)

by gihan_ripper ( 785510 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @12:46PM (#20853869) Homepage

Well I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Takei's hilarious response to NBA player Tim Hardaway's homophobic comments. The video is available on YouTube [youtube.com].

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Re:Wil Wheaton (Score:4, Funny)

by aztektum ( 170569 ) writes: on Thursday October 04, 2007 @03:42PM (#20856703)

It will be the one that is on an impact course with Earth. Named something like 45344 CRUSHER

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Re:An asteroid? (Score:3, Funny)

by Foobar of Borg ( 690622 ) writes: on Friday October 05, 2007 @12:24AM (#20863159)

ASS-teroid
No, scientists renamed that object to end that stupid joke once and for all. It is now a Rectum-teroid.

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