An asteroid has been named after late Chinese geo-scientist Zhao Jiuzhang with the approval of the International Minor Planet Center (IMPC) and the International Minor Planet Nomenclature Committee (IMPNC). Asteroid No. 7811 was discovered on Feb. 23, 1982, by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to a gazette of the IMPC and IMPNC. Zhao Jiuzhang, who was born in central China's Henan Province in 1907 and died in 1968, made significant contributions to the development of atmospheric science, geophysics and space science, especially the development of China's first satellite. He is also one of the founders of modern meteorology in China. Source: Xinhua
