Asteroid to be Named After Trayvon Martin?

[Jeff]

This is getting beyond ridicules, people need to just let this case die.

An asteroid will be named after Trayvon Martin, if William Lowell Putnam, III, has his way. Mr. Putnam is the trustee of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, where, 13 years ago, the asteroid was discovered and named 2000 TM61. It was when Florida thug Trayvon Martin was shot in self-defense in 2012 that Mr. Putnam submitted the name-change nomination to the Minor Planet Center, which decided that the naming was "premature" (but clearly the real reason was that they were racist)

http://politicaloutcast.com/2013/09/...rayvon-martin/

[SassyLady]

Mass hysteria!

[Jeff]

Mass hysteria!

I can here it now as this asteroid fly's towards earth , Trayvon is coming Trayvon is coming , Sharpton and Jackson will be getting the buses ready to rally and Obama will be scared to death that he will have another mouth to feed

[Noir]

I like how the thread title and OP lead up to 'this could happen' before the final sentence says its been rejected, leading much? =P

[fj1200]

Does TM61 asteroid have a habit of doubling back and being followed by other bigger asteroids?

[aboutime]

Good news about this is. If the Asteroid is wearing a NASA supplied HOODIE. Nobody will see it.

[SassyLady]

Does TM61 asteroid have a habit of doubling back and being followed by other bigger asteroids?

Made me snort!!!