June 27, 2019

Brian Eno gets asteroid named after him

Asteroid's full name, just as the singer's, is "Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno”, but it's "Eno" for friends (of music and space), and much prettier than it's original name “81948 (2000 OM69)”. Apart from being honored by the Southwest Research Institute, the International Astronomical Union and the Minor Planet Centre, he was also presented with the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication at the prestigious science festival Starmus V, for celebrating popular science at an international level. Consequence of Sound...