(5099) Iainbanks

[james_davis_nicoll]

Discovered at La Silla on 1985-02-16 by H. Debehogne.
(5099) Iainbanks = 1985 DY1

Iain M. Banks (1954-2013) was a Scottish writer best known for the Culture series of science fiction novels; he also wrote fiction as Iain Banks. An evangelical atheist and lover of whisky, he scorned social media and enjoyed writing music. He was an extra in Monty Python & The Holy Grail. [Ref: Minor Planet Circ. 84151]
Orbit

Orbit type: Main Belt Asteroid

Comments

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

It would be wonderfully ironic if that one turned out to be a disguised starship.

[chomiji]

Or this one:

(77185) Cherryh = 2001 FE9 = 1998 TG27
Discovered at Needville on 2001-03-20 by A. Cruz and D. Wells.
(77185) Cherryh = 2001 FE9

[(Anonymous)]

If we're lucky asteroid Iainbanks will turn out to be a Culture GCU keeping an eye on us. If we're unlucky asteroid Cherryh will be a kif ship and the fate of the world will turn on how much sfik Obama has after he's gone without sleep for three days.

-- Paul Clarke

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

He was an extra in Monty Python & The Holy Grail.

I never knew that. My sister was working as a student engineer on a bridge in the next valley when they were filming that, and often saw the crew drinking in the same pubs. I wonder if they ever met. (Alas, neither around now to ask.)