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Discovery of Asteroids
Date:
17-7-2012
Category:
Innovations
School:
DAV Centenary Public School, Paschim Enclave, New Delhi
Two budding scientists, Shubham Sharma and Mayank Sharma of Class-XII of DAV Centenary Public School, Paschim Enclave, New Delhi created history with a breakthrough Discovery of Asteroids under the auspices of the SPACE group in collaboration with IASC, Hardin-Simmons University, TX, USA.
As a part of All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC) 2012, the young boffins have successfully made a ground breaking discovery of Asteroid 2012 ‘OH3’ and also made three other NEO(Near Earth Object) observations.
They made this wonderful achievement in a span of 8 days, and for their commendable job, they will be honoured by Hon’ble Chief Minister of New Delhi, Ms. Sheila Dikshit on September 07, 2012.
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