Two school students in Pune discover six new preliminary asteroids
Two school-going students of Vikhe Patil in Pune in the Kalam Centre Asteroid Search Campaign organized by Kalam Centre and the International Astronomical Search Collaboration have discovered six new preliminary asteroids
The school issued a release on Saturday stating that Arya Pulate and Shreya Waghmare discovered the asteroids, adding that all 22 participants in the campaign were selected after a rigorous screening process through a worldwide event organized between November 9 and December 3.
The students were selected from across the world and were trained to analyze data and spot asteroids close to Earth. The release stated that “Preliminary discoveries are the first observations of asteroids found in the Main Belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which need further confirmation to go to Provisional status. This usually takes up to 5 years after which the asteroid can be officially cataloged by Minor Planet Center, International Astronomical Union (IAU).”
Two school students in Pune discover six new preliminary asteroids
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