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"Haryana's Karnal Students Recognized by NASA for Asteroid Discovery".

Awards | Dated: 03 Jan 2025

Twelve students and two teachers from Dyal Singh Public School in Karnal, Haryana, have been recognized by NASA's International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) for their discovery of a Main-Belt Asteroid (MBA) TD40. The asteroid was identified using data from the pan-STARRS telescope, operated by the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, USA.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - Diksha, a Class XI student, along with her team "Aryabhatta" consisting of 11 classmates, received IASC certificates for their discovery and registration of 11 near-Earth objects. The team worked under the guidance of Principal Sushma Devgun and Dr. Kaveri Chauhan.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) The students dedicated two years to their work, receiving expert guidance and utilizing free online software. As a result, an asteroid will be named after Diksha, making it the first time a school in Haryana has had an asteroid named in honor of a student.
  • (ii) Among the 11 solar system objects discovered by the team, one has been classified by the IASC as a provisional Main-Belt Asteroid (MBA).
  • (iii) MBAs are asteroids that orbit the Sun within the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter's orbits, located approximately 2.1 to 3.3 astronomical units (AU), or roughly 195 to 307 million miles, from the Sun.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

Which space agency recently recognized the achievement of students from Karnal, Haryana?

Correct Answer: NASA

🚀 Quick Recap:

About NASA

  • Founder: Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Headquarters: Washington, D.C