[Photo:baidu.com]据NASA公布的消息显示，第41981号小行星已经被命名为“姚贝娜”(Yaobeina)，命名者是香港业余天文学家杨光宇先生。美国宇航局网站上这样介绍姚贝娜：“姚贝娜(1981-2015)，一位才华横溢又充满勇气的中国女歌手，曾因在流行音乐方面的造诣屡获奖项。她有一首歌叫做《心火》，讲述她与癌症抗争的故事。不幸离世后，她捐献出了自己的眼角膜。” A picture shows the asteroid named after the late Chinese singer Yao Beina. 41981 Yaobeina runs between the Mars and the Jupiter. [Photo: qq.com]The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after the late Chinese singer Yao Beina.According to the latest circulars from IAU's minor planet center， asteroid number 41981 has been named as 41981 Yaobeina.The center says in the circulars that Yao Beina (1981-2015) was a talented and courageous Chinese singer， who won numerous awards for the best Chinese pop song performance. One of Yao's famous songs， 'Fire of the Heart，' was about the reflections on her battle with breast cancer. When she died she donated her cornea. A screenshot of the circulars from the minor planet center of the International Astronomical Union shows the orbit data of the asteroid named after singer Yao Beina. [Photo: qq.com]The asteroid runs between the Mars and the Jupiter. It was discovered in 2000， by William Kwong Yu Yeung， a Hong Kong-born Canadian amateur astronomer.William Kwong Yu Yeung has found and named many other asteroids such as 64291 Anglee， which was named after director Ang Lee and 42295 Teresateng， which was named after famous Taiwan singer Deng Lijun or Teresa Teng.According to IAU， as minor planet discoveries are confirmed， they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center， and the discoverers can then submit names for them， following the IAU's naming conventions.