4450 Pan is an asteroid that was discovered on September 25, 1987 by Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker. It is named after the Greek god of nature and wild animals. It is a Venus, Mars, and Earth crosser. Pan approaches nearer than 10 Gm to those three planets, and within 20 Gm of Mercury.
Famous quotes containing the word pan:
“I don’t pan out on the prophets
An’ free-will, an’ that sort of thing—
But I b’lieve in God an’ the angels,
Ever sence one night last spring.”
—John Milton Hay (1838–1905)