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Five minor planets named after Chinese
scientists
Tuesday June 05, 2012 06:41:48 PM,
IANS
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Beijing: Five minor
planets have been named after top Chinese scientists with the
approval of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
The five minor planets were discovered between 1997 and 2000 by
the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at the Xinglong
observation station in northern China.
"It's a high level recognition as well as a huge encouragement for
us to receive this great honour. Only by devoting ourselves to the
frontiers of science can we live up to the planets above," said
Sun Jiadong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and
a pioneer in artificial satellite and deep space exploration
technology.
Minor Planet No. 148081 was named after Sun, Xinhua reported
citing a communique from the Minor Planet Center (MPC) under the
IAU.
Minor Planet No. 175718 was named after Wu Zhengyi, a botanist and
academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Wu has made
great achievements in plant taxonomy, floristics and the study on
plant resources in China.
Minor Planet No. 18593 was named after CAS academician Wang
Zhongcheng, an expert in micro-neurosurgery technology. Wang has
developed new methods for treating tumours in the brain stem and
spinal cord.
Minor Planet No. 28468 was named after Shi Changxu, a leading
scientist researching and developing new materials such as super
alloy and alloy steel.
Lastly, Minor Planet No. 43259 was named after Wang Zhenyi, an
academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He developed
creative clinical treatments for leukemia, especially the
treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia by all-trans retinoic
acid.
All five scientists had previously won the State Top Scientific
and Technological Award, China's top science prize, for their
outstanding contribution to scientific and technological
innovation.
According to international conventions, discoverers of minor
planets who receive confirmation from the MPC have the right to
name the new planets.
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