by Beth Rifkin
Every tennis enthusiast knows that winning back to back French Open and Wimbledon crowns is out of this world! After all, no one has accomplished the same feat since Bjorn Borg in 1980. Seems like the International Astronomical Union agreed; they approved a request by the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca to rename asteroid 128036 after the 2008 Roland Garros-Wimbledon champion, and Manacor, Mallorca resident, Rafael Nadal.
The Rafael Nadal asteroid is located between Mars (power) and Jupiter (success), and travels through space at a speed of 20 km per second. Oh yeah, that's got Rafa written all over it!
July 15, 2008
