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Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes
Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes
Newly discovered nuclear particle was named after Mandela
Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes
Naming asteroids in honor of Nelson Mandela
Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes
The application to name an asteroid in honour of Nelson Mandela was turned down because the rule about asteroid naming is that asteroids cannot be named for politicians until 100 years after their deaths.
Rainer Kresken volunteered an asteroid discovered by him and Matthias Busch, and after discussion with several astronomers, they decided to try and see if the rules might be bent. They wrote a citation and submitted a naming request to the Minor Planet Center, but it was turned down. The