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Obelix is Asterix's closest friend and works as a menhir sculptor and delivery man. He is a tall, obese man (he refers to himself as "well-padded" or "man with a slipped chest" and will immediately knock out anyone who calls him "fat") with two notable attributes: his permanently phenomenal strength and his voracious appetite for food, especially wild boar.
The satellite was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed by the press after popular French comics character Astérix. [4] [3] The names Zébulon and Zebby, after another cartoon character from the French children's television program Le Manège enchanté, were also considered. [3] [2]
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Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa], "Asterix the Gaul"; also known as Asterix and Obelix in some adaptations or The Adventures of Asterix) is a French comic album series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Army in a nonhistorical telling of the time after the ...
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ASTERISC is named after the word asterisk (*), which traces its origin to an ancient Greek word meaning "little star". The satellite will observe space dust, which are tiny fragments of a star. Additionally, the satellite is a CubeSat, figuratively a "little star". [3] The project is led by Ryo Ishimaru of PERC. [4]
Asterix (/ ˈ æ s t ər ɪ k s /; French: Astérix French pronunciation: [as.te.ʁiks]) is a fictional character and the titular hero of the French comic book series Asterix. [1]The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars.