They are barely 18 years old, but have already achieved immortality. Anish Mukherjee and Debarghya Sarkar, who passed out of South Point High School this year, now have two minor planets named after them. The celestial honour was bestowed on them by the Massachussetts Institute of Technology and Lincoln Laboratory of the US.

The honour is a recognition of the-ir performance at an international science fair. Anish and Debarghya had won the second grand award in the electrical and mechanical category at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Nevada.