Minor planet named after Vancouver Island First Nation

By Amy Smart

A newly discovered minor planet that bears the name of a B.C. First Nation.
EPA/ANTHONY ANEX

CENTRAL SAANICH, B.C. – When Tsawout First Nation Chief Harvey Underwood looks up at the stars, he knows his community has a place among them.


That’s because floating in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is a newly discovered minor planet that bears his community’s name.

“Our name means, ‘houses on the hill.’ Now our planet is ‘houses in the universe,’ I guess,” said Underwood from his home on Vancouver Island.

“It’s mixed in there with all the stars.”...https://globalnews.ca/news/4235047/bc-first-nation-planet/