Asteroids named after Gujarat's researcher, 3 other Indians
Asteroids named after Gujarat's researcher, 3 other Indians Gujarati girl Ritu Parekh, along with three others from India, have won the honour to have an asteroid named after them. The aestroid 2000HD73 has been renamed 'Rutuparekh'. Another scientist with Ahmedabad connection, Kumar Venkatramani, who completed his PhD from IIT-Gandhinagar and worked in the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has also got aestroid 2000SM362 rechristened as 'Kumar' after him. Parekh, who completed her B.Sc from St Xavier's College in the city, worked with Cept University and later PRL in Ahmedabad before going abroad to pursue higher studies. She currently works as a post-doctoral researcher at Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA in the US. On June 22, Working Group Small Bodies Nomenclature of International Astronomical Union, the international body responsible foe naming celestial objects, named 198 aestroids after scientists who have made significant contributions ...