Ocasio-Cortez has an Asteroid named after her, here's why.

Science Alert ^ | June 2018 | David Mosher

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As 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez begins her meteoric rise in politics – observers have pointed out that she has an asteroid named after her, called 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.

"It's true! Science was my first passion," she tweeted on June 12, adding that the asteroid was named in honour of longevity experiments she conducted out of Mt. Sinai Health System in New York.

"My research won 2nd place globally in Microbiology at @intel ISEF," she said in the tweet, referring to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. "At [Boston University] I started as science major, changed to Econ ???? #nerdalert"

The asteroid in question was discovered on November 20, 2000, by the Lincoln Observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Research.

Not anyone can officially name an asteroid: That duty belongs International Astronomical Union, the world's official record-keeper of celestial objects. According to IAU rules, the person or people who discover an asteroid get 10 years to suggest a name.

Jenifer Evans, an electrical engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, was one of the lead scientists on LINEAR along with her boss Grant Stokes – so they had the naming rights to all the asteroids the program found.

Evans and Stokes decided to keep things "honorable" by handing out asteroid names to the winners of top science and engineering fairs for students.

Evans said naming "safe" asteroids after students was very deliberate.

"We want to assure all the students that their asteroid will never impact Earth," Evans said.

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John Jacob Astor invented the Astoroid but it was hit by an space iceberg and sank.

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Yup, let the sickening grooming begin of this leftist b*tch. She’s a clone of the Kenyan politically with a vagina card and “wise Latina” card.