Star 'closest to Sun' named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary

Aurangabad, December 26: With an aim to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the occasion of his birth anniversary, the Aurangabad unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) has named a star after the ‘BHARAT RATNA' recipient.

 

 

Aurangabad BJP president Shirish Boralkar informed about the development saying the star with the coordinates 14 05 25.3 -60 28 51.9 has been named after Atal Ji. The distance of the star from Earth is 392.01 light years. It is the closest star to the Sun.

 

“The star with the coordinates 14 05 25.3 -60 28 51.9 has been registered in the International Space Registry on December 25, 2022. The star gets the name Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji. Registration Number CX16408US,” read the International Space Registry certificate.

 

 

 

It should be noted that Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister from May 16, 1996, to June 1, 1996, and again from March 19, 1998, to May 22, 2004. He also served as India’s External Affairs Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Moraji Desai from 1977 to 1979. He passed away at AIIMS hospital in Delhi on August 16, 2018.

 

After coming to power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a mark of tribute to the former Prime Minister, declared that December 25 would be celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’ every year.

 

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