Kohinoor and Taj Mahal, rock on Mars.

From: Times of India (New Delhi, India) | Date: July 27, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Kounteya Sinha

Jul. 27--NEW DELHI -- What's common to a santoor, Taj Mahal, Shah Rukh Khan's film Swades, Kalpana Chawla's hometown Karnal, Vaishakhi, Odissi, Nilgiris and Kanchenjunga? They are all the latest names given by NASA to rocks on Mars.

NASA, whose two rovers Opportunity and Spirit have been sending the agency photographs from the red planet since January 2004, is naming rocks for future reference.

Interestingly, many of the name...

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