Mike 5 Posted November 16, 2004 Astronomers, Rejoice!An asteroid discovered by astronomer W. K. Y. Yeung has been named after Nana. The IAU (International Astronomical Union) approved the name. The official citation is as follows: (26733) Nanavisitor 2001 HC16. Discovered 2001 April 22 by W. K. Y. Yeung at Desert Beaver. Nana Visitor (1957- ) is a talented actress who started her career on the stage, but most of her work appeared on television. She is most famous for playing the role of Major Kira Nerys in the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine. (M 44111) The asteroid Nanavisitor is 2 to 5km, and therefore is too small to be seen by the naked eye. Orbital and positional information can be found at Harvard's Minor Planet Ephemeris Service website (type in Nanavisitor in the search box). For more information, Check out Harvard's website Isn't this just so cool ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lursa 0 Posted November 24, 2004 That is so cool that they did that i hope that someday i will get one named after me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted November 24, 2004 Do you think someday there will be a RikerChick asteroid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted November 25, 2004 The Terry Farrell asteroid is next Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HRH The KING 0 Posted November 25, 2004 Nana Visitor She definately deserves that honour. To have an asteroid named after her. What a cool actress she was in DS9, with an awesome character. :blink: :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 5 Posted November 25, 2004 You'll get no argument from me King..She was great on DS9..She played such an awesome interesting character..And I thought it was so cool that they gave her the honor of having an asteroid named after her...Awesome.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HRH The KING 0 Posted November 25, 2004 She's amazing. I personally think she played the strongest female character ever in Star Trek. The development of her character was one of the best things about DS9, and that's saying something because that show was absolutely brilliant. The scary thing is, we may not have had her in that show, it could have been Ro Laren!!!!! ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! :blink: :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lursa 0 Posted February 20, 2006 I wish that they had more characters like her in a new Trek series someday! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sara_Paris 0 Posted January 15, 2009 Thats awsome! I've never heard that before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spike The Trill 0 Posted May 24, 2009 I never knew that. Do any other Trek stars have anything named after them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites