International Space Registry named one star after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

International Space Registry named one star after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: December 28 2022

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The Aurangabad unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reportedly named a star after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to mark his birth anniversary.
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.”
This star is located 392.01 light years away from the Earth and is the closest star to the Sun.
It is also important to note that the nearest-known star to the Sun already has a name. It is called Proxima Centauri (or Alpha Centauri C).
It is a part of the Alpha Centauri star system. Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf that is about one-eighth of the Sun's size, is located over 4.2 light years away from the Earth.

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