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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6588698, member: 57495"]How about an actual guy with a planet named after him?</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of the coin below shows Aratus of Soloi, a poet-astronomer who spent alot of time looking at the skies. The minor planet 12152 Aratus, which was discovered in 1971, was named after him.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1264989[/ATTACH]<b>CILICIA, Soloi-Pompeiopolis</b></p><p>AE26. 12.98g, 25.8mm. CILICIA, Soloi-Pompeiopolis, CY 229 (AD 163/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Marcus Aurelius. SNG von Aulock 8712; RPC Online IV.3 temp 5840. O: Draped bust of Chrysippos right, touching beard with hand; ΘΚϹ behind. R: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ, draped bust of Aratos right, looking upward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6588698, member: 57495"]How about an actual guy with a planet named after him? The reverse of the coin below shows Aratus of Soloi, a poet-astronomer who spent alot of time looking at the skies. The minor planet 12152 Aratus, which was discovered in 1971, was named after him. [ATTACH=full]1264989[/ATTACH][B]CILICIA, Soloi-Pompeiopolis[/B] AE26. 12.98g, 25.8mm. CILICIA, Soloi-Pompeiopolis, CY 229 (AD 163/4). Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Marcus Aurelius. SNG von Aulock 8712; RPC Online IV.3 temp 5840. O: Draped bust of Chrysippos right, touching beard with hand; ΘΚϹ behind. R: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ, draped bust of Aratos right, looking upward.[/QUOTE]
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