Sainudeen Pattazhy

Sainudeen Pattazhy

Sainudeen Pattazhy (or Pattazhi) is a zoology professor working in Sree Narayana College in Kollam who comes from Kerala, India.

In 2008, the Committee for Small Bodies Nomenclature[1] (CSBN) of the International Astronomical Union named an asteroid after Pattazhy 5178 Pattazhy was discovered by the California-based astronomer R. Rajamohan in 1989.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Iau Csbn
  2. ↑ The Hindu:Kerala / Kollam News : Minor planet named after Malayali
  • Nasa Website, information on Planet Pattazhi
  • Planet 5178 Pattazhi


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