* Astronomy

Planet named in honour of physicist

An asteroid discovered by two astronomers in 2008 has been named after Wu Ta-you (1907-2000), an atomic and nuclear theoretical physicist known as the "father of contemporary Chinese physics."
A ceremony was held yesterday at National Central University (NCU) in Taoyuan, in which Ip Wing-huen, a professor at NCU's Graduate Institute of Astronomy, presented a certificate and a model of the planet Wutayou to the Taipei-based Wu Ta-you Foundation in honour of his extraordinary contributions to the development of science.
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