Nullius in verba is the motto of the Royal Society

Royal Society

The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...

, that signifies the founders' determination to establish facts via experiments and profess objective science ignoring the influence of politics or religion. It was chosen for the society at its founding by John Aubrey

John Aubrey

John Aubrey FRS, was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He is perhaps best known as the author of the collection of short biographical pieces usually referred to as Brief Lives...

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It comes from Horace

Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus , known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.-Life:...

's Epistles, where he compares himself to a gladiator who, having retired, is free from any master's control.

These words in the original context: "Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes." ("I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.")

11059 Nulliusinverba

11059 Nulliusinverba

11059 Nulliusinverba is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on September 4, 1991. Nullius in verba is a Latin phrase that can be translated as "take nobody's word for it"; it is the motto of the Royal Society...

 is the name of a main-belt

Asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...

 minor planet

Minor planet

An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...

named after this term.