Asteroid named after Chinese scientist Wu
By Agencies
September 09, 2020
BEIJING: An asteroid has been named after renowned Chinese scientist Wu Weiren, chief designer of China’s lunar exploration programme. A ceremony was held in Beijing on Tuesday to officially announce the naming of Asteroid Wuweiren, approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in April. The asteroid, coded 281880, was discovered by the Near-Earth Object Telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory in East China.
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