j charter wrote:

> Wasn't there a cartoon character, maybe in a children's book series
> or animation that vertured to a little planet or travelled around
> on it or something.  It had a real mass culture presence for a time
> ... maybe ten years ago?

Could you be thinking of <The Little Prince> by Antoine de
Saint-Exupery?
(I first read it about 1971.)

The hero comes from asteroid B-612.  His chores include keeping the
volcanoes clean and weeding out any baobabs.  Before coming to Earth he
visits various other asteroids, including one whose sole inhabitant has
the job of lighting a lamp each morning and putting it out each evening
-- and that asteroid rotates in one minute.

Ring any bells?


-- 
Anton Sherwood

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