Christer Fuglesang in recognition of Anders Celsius, the Swedish 18th century astronomer who invented the Celsius temperature scale. Total EVA time during STS-116: 18 hours and 15 minutes. Fuglesang, once a Swedish national Frisbee champion, held the national title in "maximum time aloft" in 1978, and subsequently competed in the 1981 World Frisbee Championship. Fuglesang took one of his personal frisbees to the International Space Station. On Dec 15 in 2006, he set a new "world record" for Time Aloft by freefloating a spinning frisbee for 20 seconds in the microgravity environment of the ISS. It was done during a live broadcast
Anders in the old peasant superstition that day was important for determining what the Christmas weather would be. If it was very cold on November 30, there would be much sleet on Christmas (and vice versa). In Denmark (but not in Norway or Sweden), Donald Duck's name is "Anders And". The Fering name Anders may have been borrowed from the Danish version. Anders Anders is a name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, the equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries. According to