In the postscript to his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey, Clarke jokingly expresses disappointment that he did not receive asteroid 2001 as his namesake, instead it was named for Albert Einstein.
V postskripte 3001: Posledná vesmírna odysea Clarke vtipne vyjadril svoje sklamanie nad tým, že asteroid 2001 nedostal názov podľa neho, ale namiesto toho bol pomenovaný podľa Alberta Einsteina.