Main belt asteroid Number 274301 was officially named after the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia on January 31, 2013. Of course, the name was changed because Main Belt asteroid No. 274301 didn't roll quite off the tongue like Wikipedia does.
However, the official press release from the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory in Ukraine, the same observatory that found the asteroid belt in 2008, stated that they chose the name Wikipedia to honor a website that can educate people around the world for free.
Not only is Wikipedia a free database of information, it is also one of the most visited websites in the world and can be translated into 270 different languages. All of this was achieved within 11 years after Wikipedia launched!
Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/category/7/Science#QkTd8rwOyrdM3oFc.99
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