
Chandrayaan-3’s landing site name ‘Statio Shiv Shakti’ approved by IAU
For the site where Chandrayaan-3’s moon lander Vikram had landed, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) working group for planetary system nomenclature has approved a name –Statio Shiv Shakti. On the origin of the Statio Shiv Shakti name, the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature said: “Compound word from Indian mythology that depicts the masculine (“Shiva”) and feminine…