July 28, 2006

Out-of-This-World Gift

By KAREN BIRCHARD

A pair of scientists at the University of Toronto received a heavenly anniversary gift last month from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada: co-orbital asteroids bearing their names.

"It was quite, quite cleverly done," said John R. Percy, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics who celebrated 44 years with his wife, Maire, a professor emeritus of physiology at Toronto. "The big thing is my wife has gotten recognition she deserves."

Ms. Percy, now the neurogenetics