Crater on moon named after SRK
2010-01-25 [15:06:04 hrs] | | Proving the extent of his influence and reach yet again, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has now made his mark on the moon and quite literally so, with a crater on the moon being named after him.
The moon's Sea of Tranquillity has been christened after the actor and it’s all owing to King Khan’s loyal fans, who with their innumerable petitions persuaded the International Lunar Geographic Society, a New York-based organization, to name the crater after the Indian superstar.
Approved by the International Astronomical Union, which has a final say with regard to the naming of craters on the moon, the actor now boasts of a crater ‘SR KHAN’. confirming the news a source said, the carter ‘has been given the honorary designation as the Crater S R Khan on the occasion of Mr Khan's 44th birthday on November 2, 2009’.
According to the society, the crater was named after they received a flood of petitions from Shah Rukh's admirers from India and around the world. What’s more is that one of his dedicated admirers has already presented him with a piece of the moon by buying him land there.
With this Shah Rukh will now rub shoulders with personalities like Nobel laureate C V Raman, father of the Indian space programme Vikram Sarabhai, father of the Indian nuclear programme Homi Bhabha and other luminaries like Meghnad Saha after whom craters have been named.
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