What do you say when told you are having an asteroid named after you?

Cheers to Michaelreynolds (the asteroid) for being named in honor of Michael Reynolds, Ph.D., FSCJ Kent Campus Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and self-proclaimed Space Cadet! Want to know more about the honor bestowed upon Dr. Reynolds and the very rare familial tie he shares with another Jacksonville resident--who happens to be his daughter? Read the Times-Union article about Reynolds' honor by Tom Webber, the Times-Union’s Sky Guy. Webber is the director of the Bryan-Gooding Planetarium/Alexander Brest Space Theater at the Museum of Science & History.

Dr. Reynolds has an international reputation among star-gazers as an astronomer, educator, author, editor, explorer and expert on antique telescopes. His expertise was recently tapped by the Discovery Channel.