Well, atleast they appreciate her. Better than 70% of Pakistanis who hate her for no reason. And still in delusion that she did that whole drama of getting the bullet and bla bla.
NASA scientist names asteroid after Malala Yousafzai - The Express Tribune
NASA scientist names asteroid after Malala YousafzaiBy Web Desk
Published: April 10, 2015
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An asteroid has been named after Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai, t****he Malala Fund blog on Thursday announced.
Amy Mainzer, astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who discovered the asteroid, named it after Malala because “although many asteroids have been named, very few have been named to honor the contributions of women (and particularly women of color),” she explained. ”It is a great honor to be able to name an asteroid after Malala.”
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According to the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) rules, the discoverer of this asteroid has the right to name it. The asteroid, 316201 Malala (2010 ML48), lies in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter and orbits the sun every 5.5 years.
“From the heat emitted, we can also determine the size and reflectivity of the asteroid,” the researcher went on to write. “It is about 4 kilometers in diameter, and its surface is very dark, the color of printer toner.”
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Mainzer also had some advice: ”My advice to young girls is that science and engineering are for everyone! We desperately need the brainpower of all smart people to solve some of humanity’s most difficult problems, and we can’t afford to reject half the population.”