Minor planet named after RMS, Torvalds, GNU, and Linux
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The title of this article: the minor planet named after RMS, Torvalds, GNU, and Linux. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Including desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, open-source, and other basic classification. GNU/Linux systems are not much inferior to Windows systems in the scientific field, such as astronomy. To commemorate the contributions of GNU/Linux, some minor planets are named by the iconic figures of open-source free software:
9793 Torvalds: Spacewatch, a micro-satellite project at the University of Arizona, found in January 16, 1996 that it was named after Linus Torvalds, the Linux kernel creator;
9885 Linux: The Spacewatch project was found in October 12, 1994, named after the Linux open-source operating system;
9882 Stallman: The Spacewatch project was found in September 28, 1994, named by Richard Stallman, the founder of the GNU project;
9965 GNU: The Spacewatch project was found in March 5, 1992 and named after the GNU project.
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