Thirteen year old Vidyasagar Daud has become one of the two students in the country whose entry has won at the International Astronomical Union exoplanet-host star naming competition.

The NameExoWorlds Steering Committee had assigned a star-planet system, with the star HD 86081, to India. Vidyasagar, a student of Sinhgad Spring Dale Public School, submitted the winning name ‘Santamasa’ for the exoplanet.