Panditjasraj - a Minor PLANET
Pandit Jasraj has been bestowed with a surreal, rare and a Universal honour from International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Minor Planet 2006 VP32 (Number - 300128) discovered on 11th November 2006 has been named as ‘Panditjasraj’ !!!!
‘Panditjasraj’ traverses the cosmos between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
(~PanditJasraj Planet is in our Solar system and is situated between Mars and Jupiter.)
Made official by IAU on 23rd September, 2019, followed by a Citation.
This can be seen on the NASA link below https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=300128;old=0;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
Pandit Jasraj, with this honour is the 1st Indian Classical Musician, to join the galaxy of immortal composers such as Mozart, Beethovan and Tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
The minor planet number 300128 was chosen is the reverse Birth date of Pandit Jasraj i.e. 280130.
The line written in the citation ‘Life Dedicated to Music’ stands True... and beyond incase of Pandit Jasraj