What is 26858 Misterrogers?
'''26858 Misterrogers''', provisional designation ''1993 FR'', is a [[Mars]] crossing [[asteroid]]. It is named after [[children's television]] host [[Fred Rogers]]. Rogers, who had a lifelong passion with the sky and [[astronomy]], got a pilot's license while still in high school.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kimmel|first1=Margaret Mary|last2=Collins|first2=Mark|title=THE WONDER OF IT ALL: Fred Rogers and the Story of an Icon|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54b69d33e4b0f32f824c9491/t/58d55a17d2b8576b807e1559/1490377241351/FredRogersWonder.pdf|access-date=20 March 2018|date=September 2008|quote=Allen taught Fred to fly in a little Piper Cub when Fred was in high school}}</ref> He also produced with the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh a [[planetarium]] show called ''The Sky above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sky Above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|url=https://www.mnstate.edu/uploadedFiles/Level_2/Content/Planetarium/TeachersGuide.pdf|access-date=20 March 2018|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913183058/https://www.mnstate.edu/uploadedFiles/Level_2/Content/Planetarium/TeachersGuide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> This is still shown at many planetariums in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sky Above Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood|url=http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/calendar/event-details/?eventID=742|website=Carnegie Science Center|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Misterrogers}} [[Category:Fred Rogers]] [[Category:Asteroids]] {{science-stub}}