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R Rajamohan
February 10 , 2022
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- Professor R Rajamohan, who was an astronomer at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, for decades, passed away.
- He led the 1st Asteroid Discoveries In Independent India.
- He is best known for his Kalki Project.
- The project aimed to discover asteroids using the 48-cm Schmidt telescope in Kavalur VBO and discovered a new asteroid, number 4130, from India.
- This was the first asteroid discovered in India in 104 years.
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