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Latest revision as of 09:36, 26 May 2021
Real world article
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Eric Kotani is the pseudonym of Yoji Kondo (26 May 1933 – 9 October 2017; age 84), a Japanese-American astrophysicist, who also writes science fiction works. He is the author of one Star Trek novel.
In 1994, Kondo submitted a proposal to the International Astronomical Union for the naming of a Martian crater after Gene Roddenberry. He was co-sponsored by Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke. The proposal was accepted and Roddenberry Crater was duly approved. (Voyages of Imagination, p. 291)
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Writing credits
- Star Trek novels
- Some non-Star Trek novels
- Legacy of Prometheus
- Delta Pavonis
- SuperNova