{"id":7692,"date":"2016-01-09T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2016-01-09T16:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T16:13:57","slug":"five-minor-planets-named-after-top-chinese-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/five-minor-planets-named-after-top-chinese-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Five minor planets named after top Chinese scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: What is the name of China\u2019s first Nobel laureate scientist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(a) Tu Youyou<br \/>\n(b) Zheng Zhemin<br \/>\n(c) Zhang Cunhao<br \/>\n(d) Xie Jialin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ans (a)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>On 4 January 2016, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong participated in ceremony of naming the five minor planet after the name of scientist in Beijing.<\/li>\n<li>A total of five minor planets have been named after top Chinese scientists.<\/li>\n<li>The naming was suggested by the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Minor Planet Center (MPC).<\/li>\n<li>Chinese vice premier Liu Yandong awarded certificates to the scientists at the ceremony.<\/li>\n<li>Minor Planet No. 31230 was named after Tu Youyou who won 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering artemisinin to treat malaria and saved millions of lives.<\/li>\n<li>Minor Planet No. 12935 was named after Zheng Zhemin, a prominent dynamicist and one of the founders of the field of explosion mechanics.<\/li>\n<li>Minor Planet No. 19282 was named after Zhang Cunhao, who is the founder of the field of high-energy chemical lasers in China and one of the pioneers in the field of molecular reaction dynamics.<\/li>\n<li>Minor Planet No. 32928 was named after Xie Jialin, a renowned physical scientist and the founder of particle accelerators in China.<\/li>\n<li>Minor Planet No. 9221 was named after Wu Liangyong, an architect, city planner and educator.<\/li>\n<li>The four scientists, except Tu, previously won the State Top Scientific and Technological Award, the country\u2019s top science prize, for their outstanding contributions to scientific and technological innovation.<\/li>\n<li>The five minor planets were discovered between 1995 and 1999 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at the Xinglong observation station in north China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2016-01\/05\/c_134979383_2.htm\">http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2016-01\/05\/c_134979383_2.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the name of China\u2019s first Nobel laureate scientist? (a) Tu Youyou (b) Zheng Zhemin (c) Zhang Cunhao (d) Xie Jialin Ans (a) Related facts: On 4 January 2016, Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong participated in ceremony of naming the five minor planet after the name of scientist in Beijing. 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