The WGSBN is a Working Group of the International Astronomical Union and is responsible for assigning names to minor planets, comets and satellites of minor planets. We have been notified of the exciting news that a “small body” has been named ‘Karsh’ after Yousuf and his photographer brother Malak. Malak Karsh’s original materials are also held at Library and Archives Canada, the best possible home for the archives of these two talented siblings.
‘670744 Karsh’ is thus included in the List of minor planets: 670001–671000
Malak Karsh was best known for his photographs of Canada, and of the Ottawa region in particular. His 1963 photograph of a tugboat bringing logs up the Ottawa River, with the Library of Parliament in the background, was featured on the reverse of the $1 banknote first issued in 1974. He also founded the Ottawa Tulip Festival.