Pinocchio & the 12927 Pinocchio Asteroid - San Diego, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 32° 46.102 W 117° 09.932
11S E 484496 N 3625620
Located in San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall.
Waymark Code: WMR5ZK
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2016
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A long-nosed Pinocchio with a yo-yo, a bright red cap and shirt sits on top of the storefront at Geppetto's toy store in San Diego's Fashion Valley Mall.
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"Pinocchio is a fictional character that first appeared in 1883, in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, and has since appeared in many adaptations of that story and others. Carved from a piece of pine by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, he was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamt of becoming a real boy. The name Pinocchio is a Tuscan word meaning "pine nut"."
As for the asteroid, Wikipedia does not have a separate article...but includes it in a list here: (
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and informs us:
"12927 Pinocchio 1999 SU9 September 30, 1999 San Marcello M. Tombelli, L. Tesi"