Bengaluru: The Worldwide Astronomical Union (IAU) has authorized the Chandrayaan-3 touchdown web site identify ‘Shiva Shakti’.
The approval got here on March 19 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement following the success of the mission on August 26, 2023.
“IAU working group for Planetary System Nomenclature has authorized the identify station ‘Shiv Shakti’ for the touchdown web site of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander,” the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, which supplies detailed details about planetary names by IAU mentioned.
The announcement outlined the origin of the identify as, a “compound phrase from Indian mythology that depicts masculine (Shiva) and female (Shakti) duality of nature; Touchdown web site of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram Lander.
On August 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced at ISRO introduced that the touchdown level of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission could be generally known as “Shiv Shakti Level”.
Whereas the Chandrayaan-2 touchdown failure spot might be referred to as “Tiranga level”, the day of the landing of the Vikram Lander on the Moon (August 23) might be celebrated as “Nationwide Area Day” within the nation, PM Modi had said.
Prime Minister Modi made the bulletins whereas addressing the gathering of scientists on the Indian Area Analysis Group (ISRO) on the ISRO Command Centre.
“India has determined to call the landing level the place Vikram Lander made a mushy touchdown on the Moon as “Shiv Shakti Level”. The phrase “Shiv” stands for the welfare of humanity. “Shakti” stands for the required power to get going to realize the welfare of humanity,” PM Modi mentioned.
PM Modi has mentioned that the Moon’s Shiv Shakti level might be a logo of unity from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari.
“The Shiv Shakti Level will encourage future generations within the path of the usage of science for the welfare of humanity,” PM Modi had underlined.
