SING Won't you be my NEO? (Near Earth Object) /SING ] PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Mister Rogers now has an asteroid ] named in his honor. ] ] "Misterrogers,'' formerly known as No. 26858, honors Fred ] Rogers, creator and host of public television's "Mister ] Rogers' Neighborhood.'' Rogers died Feb. 27 at age 74. ] ] "I doubt that there are many who have not been touched in ] some way by the life and work of Fred Rogers,'' said John ] G. Radzilowicz, director of the Henry Buhl Jr. ] Planetarium & Observatory at the Carnegie Science Center, ] which made the announcement Thursday. ] ] The science center worked with Family Communications ] Inc., the production company Rogers founded, to produce a ] planetarium show for preschoolers called ``The Sky Above ] Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.'' The show now plays at 15 ] planetariums across the country. ] ] "Misterrogers'' can be found between the orbits of Mars ] and Jupiter, and is about 218 million miles from the sun, ] which it takes about 3 1/2 years to orbit. It was ] discovered in 1993 by E.F. Helin at the Palomar ] Observatory in California |