My Brother and Pluto -by T.K. Thorne
Well, this is something that doesn’t happen every day!
My brother had a “small planet” (asteroid) named after him! (I know I’m not supposed to overuse exclamation points, but I can’t help it.)
He earned this through his work on the New Horizons project—a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt.
I am thrilled to announce [drum roll, please] the minor planet: Danielkatz!
I have a special appreciation of Pluto because many years ago, my first published short story (a big deal for a writer) was about an astronaut who crashed on Pluto. Here is a snippet.
How cool!
Thanks, Lois. It is indeed!
Congrats to your brother. What an out-of-this-world experience! And your Pluto story is a great idea!!!!! (exclamation points intended.)
Saralyn, thank you. LOL re exclamation points. English teacher would roll over in her grave!!! 🙂
Congratulations to Daniel. I know you are super proud of him.
Thanks, my friend. Yes, I am super proud of him. Of course, I was before, but this is such a special honor!
T.K., if I were you, I’m not sure there would be enough exclamation points to mirror the excitement of this honor. Congratulations to your brother, and to you, for what looks like a the fascinating beginning of your first published story. Maybe you should think about re-publishing it.
Thank you, Gay. Hmm. I will think about republishing. I’d love to get it out there again.
TK, I love your short story! Congrats to your brother!!!