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- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has honoured Indian astronomer Aswin Sekhar by naming a minor planet after him.
- The minor planet named after Aswin will now be known as (33928) Aswin Sekhar = 2000LJ27.
- Only five Indians have been conferred this honour before him.
- They are
- Nobel laureates CV Raman & Subramanya Chandrasekhar;
- The great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan;
- Prominent physicist & astronomer Dr. Vikram Sarabhai;
- Great astronomer & past president of IAU Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, co-discoverer of the Wilson-Bappu Effect.
- There are two naming systems followed for naming Minor Planets – ceremonial and non-ceremonial.
- A Ceremonial naming is similar to award of honorary doctorates to celebrities- Tagore, Gandhi, Pandit Jasraj, Viswanathan Anand and Kailash Satyarthi.
- Non-ceremonial naming system is intended to honour scientists for outstanding work in their respective fields.
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