May 9, 2003

Dear Jane and Morris,

     When Don Stone brought your names to my attention and DavidLevy told me of your contributions to astronomy, it became obvious that youshould have an asteroid named for you.

     (22338) Janemojo (an unforgettable sort of name) was first found in June of 1992, as indicated by its temporary designation of 1992 LE. The LE refers to the month and the timeof the month and the order in which it was found. For us using an 18-inch telescope and film, it was a rather big and bright asteroid as shown by the magnitude of 13.6. It isindeed about 5 km in diameter — when you consider that impact scientists hold anythingmore than 1 km in size to be capable of inflicting huge damage to our earth if the twocollided, then you know that a 5 km body is not insignificant. However, althoughJanemojo has a rather high inclination, it is on a well-behaved orbit between Mars andJupiter and should continue on its path through the heavens long after we're gone.

     I hope you will have the opportunity to observe this asteroid; I doubt that you'llsee it in your sidewalk observations, but perhaps you can use a larger telescope to find itwhen it comes into opposition. As a large rock or mountain in the sky, (22338) is a piece of real estate requiring no tax payments and no maintenance, but it would surely be fun tovisit. Please enjoy knowing that it is there with your names on it.

/s/Carolyn
Carolyn S. Shoemaker