* Astronomy

Minor planet named after Chinese aerospace scientist

Minor Planet No. 456677 was named after Chinese aerospace scientist Ye Peijian at a ceremony on Monday.
Ye is active in the country's lunar probe and deep space missions, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The minor planet was discovered by a Chinese team at the Purple Mountain Observatory in east China's Nanjing on Sept. 11, 2007.
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