25924 Douglasadams is an
asteroid. It was named for novelist
Douglas Adams; its
provisional designation of 2001 DA
42 references the year of his death, his initials, and the
Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (
42), as given in his novel serial
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The asteroid was discovered by LINEAR on February 19, 2001.
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