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Old 14-August-2003, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Jpax2003
. I heard that Phil Plait does have a star named after him. Would that constitute recognition?
IIRC, in his book Bad Astronomy Phil did not buy the star name himself - it was a gift. He describes this in his chapter which criticizes star naming companies.
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