- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid 2006 VP32 (number -300128), discovered in 2006, after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj.
- The miner planet has been named as ‘Panditjasraj’.
- The asteroid, or more formally known as a minor planet, is located between Mars and Jupiter, and was discovered on November 11, 2006, by the Cataline Sky Survey, whose telescopes are based in Arizona in the United States.
- The privilege of naming a planet is first given to discoverers, who have 10 years to propose a name.
- All names proposed are judged by the 15-member Working Group for Small Body Nomenclature (CSBN) of the IAU, comprising professional astronomers with research interests in minor planets and/or comets from around the world.
- With this honour, Padma Vibhushan recipient Pandit Jasraj has become the first Indian musician to join the galaxy of immortal composers like Mozart, Beethoven and Tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
- As of September, there are 5,41,131 numbered minor planets of a total of 7,97,078 observed bodies, with the rest being unnumbered minor planets.
