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High School Kids Discover, Get to Name, New Asteroid
Three Wisconsin high school students found out Monday that the celestial object that they found during a recent science project has been verified as a sun orbiting asteroid. The trio will also get the rights to name the body, currently referred to as "2008 AZ28," according to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the international authority on known objects in the solar system.
Three Wisconsin high school students found out Monday that the celestial object that they found during a recent science project has been verified as a sun orbiting asteroid. The trio will also get the rights to name the body, currently referred to as "2008 AZ28," according to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the international authority on known objects in the solar system.
Source: Wired
Posted on: Friday, Jan 18, 2008, 9:57am
Views: 1241
Posted on: Friday, Jan 18, 2008, 9:57am
Views: 1241
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