The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid in honor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, to be called “Hebrewu.” The asteroid, officially known as Asteroid 271,763, was discovered by Canadian astronomer David Levy, who is renowned for being part of the duo that discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet in 1994.
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