Planet Named After Chess Grand Master Viswanathan Anand
New Delhi :-In this Indian name the name Viswanathan is a patronymic , not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name Viswanathan Anand has a minor planet named after him. Yes. you heard that right. A minor planet discovered in 1988 has been officially named “(4538) Vishyanand”.
Minor planet (4538), between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter, was discovered on October 10, 1988 by Kenzo Suzuki in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, but had remained unnamed till recently. The discoverer retains the privilege of suggesting a name for 10 years and a committee chosen from the working group of the International Astronomical Union has the final authority to finally assign a name to a numbered minor planet. Michael Rudenko, committee member of the Minor Planet Center, who was invited to do the honours, decided to name it after the former world chess champion, Chess News reported on April 1.
