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How would you fly through the asteroid belt?

They would look at both, but they would hardly have encountered at least something.

Contrary to what you've seen in bad sci-fi movies, asteroid belts are, for the most part, pretty deserted. Lively compared to the rest of space, but still deserted.

Generally speaking, the gap between large asteroids (capable of causing significant damage to a spacecraft) is approximately two million kilometers.

And although there are whole groups of asteroids called "families" - these are those that formed relatively recently from a larger celestial body - maneuvering inside the asteroid belt is not at all difficult. In fact, if you choose a completely random course and at the same time encounter at least one asteroid, you can consider yourself very lucky.

But if this happens, you will certainly want to give this asteroid a name.

To date, the International Astronomical Union has a special Committee on the Nomenclature of Small Celestial Bodies, consisting of fifteen members, responsible for overseeing the naming of the steadily expanding state of minor planets. As recent examples show, this is not at all such a serious occupation. Judge for yourself:

(15887) Daveclarke, (14965) Bonk, (18932) Robinhood, (69961) Milosevic, (2829) Bobbop, (7328) Seanconnery, (5762) Wenkee, (453) Tea, (3904) Honda, (17627) Humptybolt, (9941) Iguanodon, (9949) Brontosaurus, (9778) Isabellalende, (4479) Charlieparker, (9007) James Bond, (39415) Janestin, (11548) Jerry-Lewis, (19367) Pink Floyd, (5878) Charlene, ( 6042) Cheshire Cat, (4735) Gary, (3742) Sunshine, (17458) Dick, (1629) Pecker and (821) Fanny. (Bonk - "fuck" (in the most interesting sense of the word); wanky - "masturbate"; Dick - in English both a male name and "dick"; pecker - "beak" and, again, "penis" ; fanny - "women's ass" (to say the least).)

Smith, Jones, Brown, and Robinson are all official asteroid names; as well as Bikki, Bass, Bok, Lick, Qui, Hippo (Bus - bus; lick - lick; hippo - hippopotamus.), Mr. Spock, Roddenberry and Swissair.

Eccentricity in naming planets is nothing new. For example, Pluto was named Pluto in 1930 by an eleven-year-old schoolgirl from Oxford named Venetia Burney: her grandfather, then a librarian at Oxford University, passed the suggestion made by his granddaughter at breakfast to his good friend Herbert Hall Turner, Oxford professor of astronomy.

Perhaps 2003 UB313 will eventually be renamed Rupert, the name given by Douglas Adams to the tenth planet in the solar system in his book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It didn't happen either. Literally a day before the sudden death of Adams in 2001, another asteroid was named (18610) Arthur Dent. And now Adams has his own celestial body: (25924) Douglasadams.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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How old is wrestling?

Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known to man. Hundreds of scenes from wrestling matches are depicted on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs. They show almost all the grips and racks known in our time. Thus, wrestling was a highly developed sport already 5000 years ago! As an organized and scientifically based sport, wrestling originated in Greece, probably from Egypt or Asia.

But there is a Greek legend according to which wrestling was invented by the hero Theseus. In the ancient Greek system of sports, wrestling occupied a very important place. Greek wrestlers usually smeared their body with oil, after which they rubbed sand into the oil to ensure a good grip. The best wrestler of the ancient world, Milo of Croton, won 32 victories in the national championships and had six victories in the Olympiads. In Japan, where wrestling is very popular, the first officially registered wrestling match took place in 23 BC. e.

The Japanese have one style of wrestling, sumo, in which the weight of the wrestlers is of great importance. Some sumo champions weighed no less than 135 kilograms, being extremely strong, while at the same time moving easily. In the UK, wrestling has also been practiced for a very long time. Did you know, for example, that King Henry VIII was fond of wrestling and was considered a good wrestler?

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