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The girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai, who stood stubborn and bold for the cause of girls across the Pakistan, got a special recognition by an astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
The Youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize became the icon of girls and women following the Talibans attack on her in 2012. The young girl fought with death and stood up with greater support by all the human beings throughout the world.
Amy Mainzer, astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, named Asteroid 316201 after Malala, Dawn online reported Friday.
He said, “It is a great honour to be able to name an asteroid after Malala. My postdoctoral fellow Dr. Carrie Nugent brought to my attention the fact that although many asteroids have been named, very few have been named to honor the contributions of women (and particularly women of color).”
Mr. Mainzer discovered the asteroid in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter which gives her the right to name it. It orbits the Sun every 5.5 years.
Recently the Chess master Vishwanathan Anand was honoured by naming a minor planet after his name.
-Kannamsai
