Pinocchio & the 12927 Pinocchio Asteroid - San Diego, CA - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

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.

From Wikipedia (visit link)

"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: (visit link)
and informs us:

"12927 Pinocchio 1999 SU9 September 30, 1999 San Marcello M. Tombelli, L. Tesi"

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Date Logged Log   09/27/2009 Metro2 visited it