Trivia
A main-belt asteroid 17776 Troska discovered in 1998 by a Czech astronomer from the Ondřejov Observatory was named after the writer. The name was chosen at the meeting of sci-fi fans Avalcon in Chotěboř on May 5th 2001.
Read more about this topic: Jan Matzal Troska
Famous quotes containing the word trivia:
“Pop artists deal with the lowly trivia of possessions and equipment that the present generation is lugging along with it on its safari into the future.”
—J.G. (James Graham)
“The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera—and himself.”
—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)