{"id":85349,"date":"2019-09-30T15:25:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T09:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=10502"},"modified":"2019-09-30T15:25:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T09:55:39","slug":"international-astronomical-union-names-asteroid-after-pandit-jasraj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-astronomical-union-names-asteroid-after-pandit-jasraj\/","title":{"rendered":"International Astronomical Union names asteroid after Pandit Jasraj"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The International Astronomical Union(IAU) has named an asteroid, discovered in 2006 after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Asteroid:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Asteroid are relatively small, inactive, rocky body orbiting the Sun.They can be as small as 1 kilometer(km) across or as large as 940 kilometers (about 583 miles) across.&nbsp;<\/li><li>There are thousands of asteroids in our Solar System.Most of them can be found in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are asteroids composed of?<\/strong>NASA has classified asteroids based on their composition.Here is the classification:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>C-type (chondrite): such asteroids are made up of clay and silicate rocks<\/li><li>S-types (stony): these are composed of silicate materials and nickel-iron<\/li><li>M-types: such asteroids have a metallic composition.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About International Astronomical Union(IAU):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The International Astronomical Union (IAU) was founded in 1919.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Its mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation.<\/li><li>It serves as the internationally recognized authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and surface features on them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Pandit Jasraj:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pandit Jasraj (b. 1930) is an exponent of Indian classical vocal music.<\/li><li>Jasraj is the recipient of numerous awards,honours and titles including the prestigious Padma Vibhushan and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:The International Astronomical Union(IAU) has named an asteroid, discovered in 2006 after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj. Facts: About Asteroid: Asteroid are relatively small, inactive, rocky body orbiting the Sun.They can be as small as 1 kilometer(km) across or as large as 940 kilometers (about 583 miles) across.&nbsp; There are thousands of asteroids in our&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-astronomical-union-names-asteroid-after-pandit-jasraj\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Astronomical Union names asteroid after Pandit Jasraj<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2206,2675,2676],"class_list":["post-85349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-asteriod","tag-iau","tag-pandit-jasraj","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700776994,"cached_date":1704913460},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}