GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu (10 August 1927 – 19 August 1982) was an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union.

Detailed explanation-2: -The only Indian to have a comet named after him On 2 July 1949, when Bappu was clicking pictures of the night sky, he spotted a bright moving object which he had rightfully understood to be a comet. When he turned to his professor, Bart Bok, and colleague Gordon Newkirk, they confirmed the discovery.

Detailed explanation-3: -History. The Vainu Bappu Observatory of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics traces its origin back to 1786 when William Petrie set up his private observatory at his garden house at Egmore, Madras, which eventually came to be known as the Madras Observatory.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vainu Bappu – who went on to be fondly remembered as the “father of modern Indian astronomy”. Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu was born on 10 August 1927 in Hyderabad.