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Not everyone can become a star. But this 20-year-old is fortunate enough to share her name with a planet!
"More than me, it is my family, friends, teachers and college mates who are excited about the honour. It is a nice feeling altogether," says city girl Hamsa Padmanabhan, who has a minor planet (number 21575) named after her.
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Minor planet named after Pune girl

City girl Hamsa Padmanabhan is on top of the world. A minor planet, code number 21575, will now be named 'Hamsa' after her. The celestial honour for the second-year B.Sc student of Fergusson College has been bestowed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Lincoln lab for her presentation at the Intel international science and engineering fair (ISEF) in 2006.
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