Mercury's north polar region is of high scientific interest because of the shadowed craters there that host radar-bright deposits that may consist of water ice. All of the nine newly named craters host such deposits. In keeping with the established naming theme for craters on Mercury, they are all named after famous deceased artists, musicians, or authors or other contributors to the humanities.

One of the craters has been named in honour of JRR Tolkien.

Asteroid Tolkien sticks between Jupiter and Mars with no propensity to ever cross the Earth. Tolkien has an absolute magnitude (brightness) of 12.5. You can only see up to magnitude 6.0 with your bare eyes, unfortunately. And the asteroid is probably much, much fainter than even that from our position on Earth. You'll probably need some mega-telescope to glimpse it.

To honour J.R.R. Tolkien some more the same person M. Watt named the second asteroid he discovered 'Bilbo'. 2291 Bilbo is also a main-belt asteroid and was discovered on April 21, 1982.

The neighbourhood is full of streets named after the characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium, while the main road is named Tolkien Avenue (Dutch: Laan van Tolkien). Though the neighbourhood has streets with names of lesser known characters as Farin, Cirion and Silmariën, there is no street named after one of the best known characters, Bilbo Baggins.

The practice has fallen from favour in recent decades but it seems that slowly the idea is being taken up again. Already a road and a swimming centre have been named after Rebecca Adlington, the 19-year-old swimmer who won two Olympic gold medals in Beijing.

Both look very typical Florida streets and just like in Eastbourne, East Sussex in England I don't see the connection between the location and the author Tolkien. Nonetheless it is amazing to see streets and lanes named after the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings all over the globe.

One thing is certain if I ever decide to move to Florida, I will try and find me a house in Tolkien Street!

The restaurant gets good reviews in guides for its grills, pasta and croques. It is open each day for all hungry hobbits, elves and dwarves to come over and enjoy a fine and good meal!

Tolkien's House can be found close to Lotrscak tower, on the street to the left, next to the Indies cocktail bar. It is a fantastic small pub named and decorated in the style of the famous writer, you'll find some of the most adorable hot chocolate there. Try it, you won't regret it and you'll definitely come back!

The restaurant offers a menu which features local specialities alongside traditional dishes from a wide spectrum served with decorum and charm. There could be few better places to start off your evening in the city.

For longer cruises and team building events the ship has 11 cabins with en-suite shower and toilet offering comfortable accommodation at sea or at the quayside.

This beautiful ship makes a perfect venue for a wide range of events though has an unusual past. It is hard to believe that the ship was first launched in 1964 as the Baltic tug, Dierkow. In 1994 she was converted into the fantastic ship J.R. Tolkien. The J.R. Tolkien is operated by Van der Rest Sail Charter.

All rooms are named after famous authors and are categorized into classics, bestsellers and novels. The cheapest category of rooms are the novels of which the room name Tolkien is one (I still think it fits in all three categories). The Sylvia Beach Hotel has a particularly beautiful coastal panorama which is something anyone will enjoy!

And indeed the J.R.R. Tolkien room is located on the second floor. It’s double windows overlook the front of the property. The room was of course named after the British author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, who is famous for his Lord of the Rings series, and his novel The Hobbit.

So do us a favor, if you feel like opening up a bed and breakfast... here is one for sale with a J.R.R. Tolkien room.

The Tolkien Shop started back in 1986 by Rene van Rossenberg, first via the mailing of catalogues and going to book fairs, a website and since 7 August 2007 a real shop in the lovely city of Leiden. Once you go inside, the whole place is filled with all things Tolkien, going from nice Tolkien books up to all the Peter Jackson movie merchandise.

The museum contains a large collection of first and early editions of all of J.R.R. Tolkien's works including The Lord the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. The Museum hosts regular exhibitions of Tolkien-inspired artists you are most welcome to visit.

Proposed names for the park are The Tolkien Country Park or The Tolkien Park, to celebrate Tolkien's connection with the area. Since the Tolkien Society has an ongoing project to create a Tolkien Centre it has been suggested that the visitor centre should be The Tolkien Centre. An alternative name is The Sarehole Centre.

Two of Canada's widest trees were recently discovered by the Wilderness Committee in the Upper Walbran Valley And of all the places and things named after Tolkien this was probably the biggest honour ever, one of the old trees was named after the author Tolkien.

It is not just an old tree, but it is a giant old tree! The ancient cedar named "Tolkien Giant" measures 4.76 m (15.7 ft) in diameter.

Ken Wu, who is pictured beside this magnificent unprotected big tree, reminds us: "We're so incredibly fortunate here to have these gargantuan sized old growth trees still growing in wilderness ecosystems." The senseless killing of these last big trees is an ecological crime that has yet to be fully exposed.

Let us hope Giant Tolkien lives on and on, and when all rooms, pubs, houses, boats are long gone and forgotten.. I secretly hope Giant Tolkien will still be around and inspire people just like the author does.