Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Spock (fictional character from Star Trek).
- An asteroid in Main Asteroid Belt, Solar System; discovered in 1971, the 2309th asteroid registered.
Time ticked slowly by; literally ticked, the computer was now on count down until Saturn. They passed the Mr. Spock and then the Frank Zappa, both asteroids. Just as they were coming to the end of
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I happen to have the Asteroid Mr. Spock on my Ascendant, and have been compared to the Vulcan in physical appearance for many years, even before I found out I had that asteroid on my ascendant. Spooky, huh?
1995, Estelle Daniels, Astrologickal Magick, page 265Mr. Spock the asteroid was therefore named for Mr. Spock the long-deceased feline who was named for Mr. Spock the Vulcan who was named for ... I guess we'd need to ask the Star Trek scriptwriters what they thought about the famous American writer on child rearing, Dr. Benjamin Spock.
2007, Duncan Steel, chapter 12, in Marking Time: The Epic Quest to Invent the Perfect Calendar
Origin
The asteroid was named after the discoverer’s (James B. Gibson’s) cat, “Mr. Spock”, itself named after the fictional character.
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Mr. Spock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mr.%20Spock
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