Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old who just defeated a powerful House Democrat, has an asteroid named after her — here's why
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- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Democrat, defeated incumbent Joseph Crowley in a New York primary race on Tuesday.
- The House of Representatives nominee happens to have a space rock named after her: asteroid 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.
- MIT Lincoln Lab named the asteroid after her in 2007, while she was still in high school.
- Ocasio-Cortez earned the honor after she won second place in a global science fair hosted by Intel.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic Socialist born and raised in the Bronx, defeated longtime incumbent Joseph Crowley in a primary race for New York's 14th District on Tuesday.
As 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez begins her meteoric rise in politics — this November, she's highly likely to become the youngest woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives — observers have pointed out that she has an asteroid named after her, called 23238 Ocasio-Cortez.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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