Riyadh, Shawwal 29, 1438, Jul 23, 2017, SPA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has named one of its asteroids (Al-Sheikh 33535) after Saudi talented Fatima Abdel-Moneim Al-Sheikh in recognition of her efforts and excellence in her research in Botany for which she won the second place at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) 2016. Fatima Al-Sheikh won the second place in 2016 after being nominated at the level of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for winning the National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity held annually by King Abdulaziz and his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and & Creativity (Mawhiba) in partnership with the Ministry of Education and she was ranked second in the United States of America for research in the field of Botany entitled "Determination of Effectiveness of Innovative Strygolactone-Carl2-on Seed Germination of Parasitic Weeds". --More 14:40 LOCAL TIME 11:40 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w451729