It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! No, It’s an Asteroid — Asteroid (31531) ARRL, To Be Exact!
John, Paul, George and Ringo are on the list. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms — even Frank Zappa and Elvis (but not Madonna). Of course Asimov and Sagan made the cut, Mr Spock, too, but not Captain Kirk. And now ARRL — more precisely, (31531) ARRL — joins this prestigious company as one of more than 16,000 named minor planets in our solar system. A minor planet — such as an asteroid –is…